Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to promise them a press conference , and I thought you 'd rather do it now , old son . |
| 2 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 3 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
| 4 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 5 | They had to give me a brandy , I were in a right state me ! |
| 6 | Er and usually we maybe had to give them a holiday . |
| 7 | When Wycliffe returned from talking to Sidney he had to give them a statement . |
| 8 | By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . |
| 9 | If I tell you that Maureen actually had to give him the kiss of life twice when he caught a chill , you 'll appreciate why we went to such lengths to keep him warm . |
| 10 | Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’ |
| 11 | They had to give it a quarter turn you see with a spanner . |
| 12 | This undramatic release of large volumes of lava , would , if one had to give it a name , probably best be described as a Hawaiian-type eruption . |
| 13 | Then you had to flitt them every day when the wool started to get loose on them you had to the tether would get in a and you had to clear their tethers . |
| 14 | Only he had to do it every day . |
| 15 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 16 | I mean , if you , if you into , if you were trying to look into building or commercial and you had to send them a planning application for it , you 'd have to prove that building could support the weight . |
| 17 | But his persecutors were frustrated when they had to release him a week later , partly due to a technical fault in the warrant for his arrest and partly due to the influence of his friend , Sir Matthew Hale . |
| 18 | I had to repeat it a number of times so that there could be no misunderstanding . |
| 19 | We had to watch her every moment of the day , to stop her playing her tricks on us . |
| 20 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 21 | He had invented the idea of the comedy at that moment , and to prove it he had to offer her a joke in evidence . |
| 22 | ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea . |
| 23 | Thérèse had to offer him the apéritif , Léonie the fluted glass dish of polished Japanese crackers . |
| 24 | Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week |
| 25 | when were at home we had to have it every week did n't we ? |
| 26 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
| 27 | I had to ask him the way to the police station . |
| 28 | Can you imagine , you know a teacher , I thought I had to tell them every minute detail of these plans . |
| 29 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 30 | I had to tell him the news myself |