Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have now finished coaling at Chapmans Well , but had to wait right to the very end for the best coal . |
| 2 | Either he had to go up to the Broken Hill Ironworks at Newcastle or she had to go down to Canberra to see some official about tariffs or quotas or immigration levels . |
| 3 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 4 | These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine . |
| 5 | I had to go on to the usual horror . |
| 6 | He had to make frequent visits to hospital , for plaster to be changed , for X-rays and check-ups , and as unfortunately further cancer cells had been found in his spine , he had to go periodically to the Christie Hospital again . |
| 7 | ‘ Because I only found the portrait — I was only able to identify the man in her diary when I had to go out to the cottage last Saturday . |
| 8 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 9 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 10 | Nell Anderson said it , knowing that it was hopeless , that Delaney would — had to go down to the engine room . |
| 11 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 12 | Then again for reasons of established cultural preference we had to go back to the Audit Commission and ask them to translate £6.358 million into ‘ real men ’ , for we had difficulty in trying to sell such an alien concept to the police mind . |
| 13 | I had to go back to the room , as if I needed to tell the place where I lived of my feeling . |
| 14 | Resuming at the short fourth hole , he promptly took a double bogey five , leaving a bunker shot in the sand , and then following it with a six at the fifth , where he hooked into some bushes and had to go back to the tee . |
| 15 | Had to go back to the school — had to sit amongst the probationers , and then after the school , he was posted right from one side of the city to the other . |
| 16 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 17 | This meant he had to go back to the county party and ask to be put back on their panel of candidates , a request which was turned down on Saturday . |
| 18 | The jackets had to go back to the sweatshop , making for an unnecessary and annoying delay . |
| 19 | Galerie de la Scala fared so well with a mixture of French , North European and Italian drawings , priced at FFr 20,000–350,000 , not always by famous names but always in exquisite taste , that they had to go back to the gallery for more . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's fine , ’ said Comfort , ‘ but he had to go back to the hospital after dinner . |
| 21 | So I thanked Mr. Lennis for his frankness , explained that I had to go back to the bank to deal with some work , and departed . |
| 22 | She had to go back to the theatre and see this thing through , for tonight , at least . |
| 23 | After lunch we did a bit more skiing and then we had to go back to the hotel . |
| 24 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |
| 25 | had to go back to the doctor |
| 26 | I , I could feel that I have , I had to go back to the bath to the toilet quite often . |
| 27 | So he placed an order with him for all these , and he had to come back to the factory , reorganize the factory , to meet this terrific order he 'd got for pencils , you see . |
| 28 | When the tide turned , we all had to struggle back to the large Irrawaddy steamer again . |
| 29 | ‘ The policeman saw the car coming straight towards him , and thought he was going to be hit , and had to pull in to the side of the road . |
| 30 | When he did finally get to his feet his legs were unsteady and he had to stick close to the tables for support on his way to the door . |