Example sentences of "had [to-vb] to [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Servants hurried around , to the shrieked orders of officials , and they had to tend to their own horses in the now emptying stables . |
| 2 | I knew she had to come to me each time , it was just a case of sticking it out . |
| 3 | Is the Minister aware that if the Wakefield district council social services department had to stick to its standard spending assessment it would have to save a further £3 million this year on services for the chronically sick and disabled ? |
| 4 | over every week for the groceries you see , had to stick to your own grocer did n't you ? |
| 5 | As soon as the war was over , Hungary had to revert to its 1918 frontiers . |
| 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 | Alas , we always had to return to our cobbled back lanes . |
| 9 | But they did carry an extra two-gallon can , and had to resort to it three times . |
| 10 | three or four times I had to speak to him last night , and you never said a word , you just pretended or said you did n't hear |