Example sentences of "and he had [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to stand but collapsed and he had to be dragged to the Headmaster . |
| 2 | And he had to — he needed information . |
| 3 | It was afternoon — the morning had gone on Crabb Robinson — which meant that all the ample , high , soft-blue leather desks along the spokes of the great wheel that radiated from the Superintendent 's desk , ensphered by the Catalogue , were taken , and he had to be content with one of the minimal flat triangular ends of the late-come segments inserted between these spokes . |
| 4 | He was going to visit someone and he had to be clean , bright , well-dressed , smart and quite definitely sober . |
| 5 | His lank locks had to be shorn and he had to be kitted-out with battle-dress and ammunition boots . |
| 6 | From time to time he would take it out and read it , but no others came ; and he had to be content from time to time with the sight of Dinah above him on the lighted stage , playing her part superbly , her breasts outlined by scarlet netted silk . |
| 7 | I have no reason to believe that my son was contemplating ending his life and he had to my knowledge no enemies . ’ |
| 8 | And he had to went . ’ |
| 9 | But the windy conditions put paid to that , and he had to be content with finishing the 26 miles 385 yards ( 42.195 kilometres ) course in 2 hours 46 minutes 51 seconds . |
| 10 | He made it clear that he stayed at La Tour Monchauzet because the vines needed him — and because he was sure that one day — somehow — Isabelle would return to him , and he had to be here — waiting . ’ |
| 11 | Sorloth could not make it because he played for his Turkish club at Sunday and he had to be in Poland at 11AM this monday ; and that was not possible . |
| 12 | But Danny was beyond reasoning with and he had to be taken from the pool kicking and shouting . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , his calf muscle was done for and he had to be substituted by the senior linesman . |
| 14 | And he had to be dressed in his Sunday best when he went round . |
| 15 | So he phoned up and he had to redial two or three times before he started . |
| 16 | Erm , er , and he got a ticket , and he had to , you know , you have to take this ticket to the Police Station for not having worn his seat-belt . |
| 17 | We could n't get him and he had about this much off . |
| 18 | and he had about four bowlfuls and he was |
| 19 | Well , Edgar Wallace ( a writer not to be despised , as he sometimes is ) once said that vanity is at the back of most murders , and he had as a reporter covered many a murder trail . |
| 20 | His designs for Hagley Hall were drawn out by the architect John Sanderson , the Warwick Shire Hall was executed by the well-known mason-architects William and David Hiorne , who described themselves as its ‘ surveyors ’ as well as its ‘ builders ’ , and he had as his regular assistant a mason called William Hitchcox . |
| 21 | He was dressed Yek style in a loose tunic and breeches , and he had on a surcoat which was stiff with gold embroidery . |
| 22 | On this ground the proceedings of the licensing court were either reduced , or the pursuer 's averments were held relevant , in the following circumstances : when two of the members of the court had been employed by the applicant as part-time barmen for a number of years , without remuneration apart from money gifts at holiday periods : McDonald v. Fin lay ( supra ) ; when three of the members of the court were shareholders , and one was a director , of the company owning the property for which the certificate was sought , and when that company was closely allied with another company , the officials and directors of both being the same persons , on whose behalf the certificate was applied for : Blaik v. Anderson ( 1899 ) 7 S.L.T. 299 ; when a member of the court had recently been a shareholder of the company on whose behalf the certificate was applied for , and he had on previous occasions himself been the applicant on the company 's behalf , he being an avowed and pledged advocate of the company : Ower v. Crichton ( 1902 ) 10 S.L.T. 271 ; when members of a court had , in their capacity as members of a local authority , and with a view to street improvement , taken an active part in negotiating the purchase of licensed premises from brewers , who agreed to pay a sum of money to the local authority if a new licence were obtained for other premises , such as the subject of the application : R. v. Sunderland JJ. [ 1901 ] 2 K.B . |
| 23 | And he had at his disposal almost an embarrassment rather than a shortage of political experience . |
| 24 | He 's had three winners in four days , and he had at Fakenham yesterday , at fifteen to eight , so not too bad a day for again yesterday . |
| 25 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 26 | and he had over a thousand , one hundred a month |
| 27 | It was about ten minutes long and he had before him a two-hour train journey . |