Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she said something about , oh we 've been to that new pub , she said , mind , she said , we had to come home at half past nine , she said , he 'd had enough , she said , he were ready for bed , God , she said he 's turning into a right old man , and you know what I mean , she did n't , she would n't , |
| 2 | If she herself wanted any dinner she had to slip upstairs at twelve in order that Nan could leave at half-past . |
| 3 | But he had to find out at some stage , did n't he ? ’ |
| 4 | Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point . |
| 5 | She had to leave there at fifteen and come here . |
| 6 | They had to start promptly at four , however , since the twilight came early in Egypt and by six it was getting too dark to see . |
| 7 | I spoke later to Jackie , lifeboat secretary , and asked him how many of a crew he had to call on at any time . |
| 8 | He picked up his clock and put it by his bed because he had to wake up at seven o'clock . |
| 9 | Although I was helping out Miss Louise I had to get up at six o'clock in the morning to do all the chores before school . |
| 10 | ‘ The weather was really hot and we had to get up at six in the morning to do the filming , ’ he recalls . |
| 11 | Plus , while I had to get up at eight for Whiteleys . |
| 12 | I used to try and not say er , you know , to make her feel uncomfortable and that sort of thing , but I did use to draw the line when they used to be eleven and half past eleven saying goodnight and I had to get up at half past , six o'clock , seven o'clock |
| 13 | One night he was over the moors around North Stainmore and had to return home at dead of night . |
| 14 | But she made no move to leave , so I had to say not at all , I 'd gone to bed because it seemed the warmest place . |
| 15 | and er with my son particularly earlier on in his career things were going round and round in circles and in the end I had to step in at one point , grab all the papers as they came past as they were and saying , come on . |
| 16 | But she had to step down at one stage because she herself won the top prize of the day — and could n't present it to herself ! |