Example sentences of "had [to-vb] on [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what started as a language-game had to go on as a lie , or a myth . |
| 2 | So you actually had to go on to a smaller boat ? |
| 3 | Injuries have hit the club , and coach Billy Lomax had to come on as a substitute midway through the second half . |
| 4 | After an appallingly rough five-day voyage the self-styled monarch was unable to land , as intended , at Montrose in Angus , because of the presence of a suspicious-looking vessel , and had to sail on for a further 60 miserable miles [ 96 km ] to Peterhead , beyond Aberdeen . |
| 5 | It came away from the wall and he had to grab on to a crate to stop himself overbalancing . |