Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the rest of the household she also had to contend with his uncertain temper and even wilder moments during occasional drinking bouts . |
| 2 | Such energy as he had to spare from his clerical duties was expended on the cultivation of orchids for which he enjoyed a national reputation . |
| 3 | Leith got started on her work , doubting very much that they would so much as catch a glimpse of their new ‘ colleagues ’ , but she had to smile at his quaint terminology for the higher ranks . |
| 4 | Erm Isaac Azimov writes er , rather amusingly about this , he says why did , why did Weismann bother , he said Weismann was Jewish , of course , Weismann knew that since time immemorial , er , Jewish little boys have been having their foreskins chopped off , Weismann only had to look at his own children , when they were born , to see that even Jewish little boys are born with foreskins . |
| 5 | Father had to draw on his modest savings . |
| 6 | She was probably delighted that someone else had to submit to his unsavoury needs now and then . |
| 7 | After moving into a suburban villa in Norwich he fell behind with his mortgage payments and had to turn to his new club for a £19,000 loan to prevent the building society from repossessing his home . |
| 8 | He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion . |
| 9 | Hoddle says he had to think of his own future career . |
| 10 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 11 | For the present Posidonius had little choice : he had to rely on his illustrious friend Pompey . |