Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was eventually made doubly plain when each member of my crew took it in turn to brief me on his particular duties , and I in turn had to perform in his position . |
| 2 | M. The horrid old man Sinbad had to carry on his back . |
| 3 | ‘ My boyfriend had to sit outside his surgery with the door open , calling to me : ‘ It 's all right — I 'm right outside if you need me ’ . ’ |
| 4 | Now she had to sit in his boat or he would be insulted and she was glad to rest . |
| 5 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 6 | But important matters had to wait on his attention ; and , if he chose to withhold it , might wait for some time . |
| 7 | She also had to cope with his temper . |
| 8 | We had to appeal on his behalf . |
| 9 | She had to appeal to his pride . |
| 10 | Dai Jones remembered when he had to go to his cousin in Llandidloes for a bucket to mix the dyes , ‘ because there was no money to buy one , and money was owed everywhere . ’ |
| 11 | He says it 's a shame John McGregor had to go from his post as Education Secretary . |
| 12 | ‘ Unlike my father , who had to work for his money , my mother was born into a very wealthy family . |
| 13 | Underlying such accounts was an image of fraternal and cousinly solidarities and loyalties : if an outsider harmed your brother , you had to come to his support , even if you yourself were in dispute with him . |
| 14 | The native Peruvian , expecting the state to do everything , no longer had to concern himself with his fellow man and had to come to his aid only if required by law … |
| 15 | I mean , everybody a o clearly had to jump to his tune ! |
| 16 | Early in September the four Thomas brothers were told to make ready for the journey home , where Ernest had to re-sit for his Teacher 's Certificate , and Edward was left with scarcely a month to reassure Helen of his faithfulness and to make his final preparations before beginning his historical studies with Owen M. Edwards . |
| 17 | Far from studying the distribution of the finches in the light of this information , Darwin had to sort through his collection trying to remember where each specimen had been captured . |
| 18 | Then there was Mervyn : tall , dark and monosyllabic , with a slow but sure sense of humour which had to circle through his brain . |
| 19 | She just had to smile at his optimism , even if she did n't share it . |
| 20 | Since his administration there had to function without his presence , it was crucial to its development that competent seneschals should be appointed to represent him . |
| 21 | The reviews were not entirely dismissive , but Hardy remembered only the harsh comments in the Spectator , read ‘ as he sat on a stile leading to the eweleaze he had to cross on his way home to Bockhampton . |
| 22 | Eventually Endill had to sneak to his workshop during the night . |
| 23 | Pithy and allusive interjections worked well in a shaikh 's guestroom , but less well when a speaker had to queue for his turn at a microphone to make himself heard . |
| 24 | It had to do with his insistence on using ‘ real ’ people , which was seen as a daunting prospect by many of the crew . |
| 25 | I suspect it had to do with his relationship with his father . |
| 26 | To have him as a husband , she had to hope for his failure . |
| 27 | In the end , Mooncult was spotted and had to race for his life down a backstreet pursued by no less than 15 hairy sailor types in cocktail dresses and six-inch heels . |
| 28 | So Spurs getting the lead they so dearly wanted after all their upsets of recent weeks , but back came United in the eighteenth minute , Les Phillips sent Nogan free over the halfway line and Eric Torsville had to race from his line to hack the ball into the stand . |
| 29 | Suddenly the ropes were cut , and the ring was invaded and Burke had to fight for his life . |
| 30 | From the moment he hit the track head-first and rolled down the 50ft high cambered banking , he had to fight for his life . |