Example sentences of "you had [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 You had to leave this till the last .
2 Then you had to unpeg all the other linen and clean clothes and cart it all upstairs to the lingerie in round two-handled baskets .
3 You had to explain that profile and that manner somehow .
4 You feel you had to explain that , do you ?
5 You had to use this sort of thing like find it up in a mess has n't it ?
6 But you had to take all that worry that
7 And , and then er at that particular time you know and er then unemployment you , I you had to see each firm was issued with the and the firms had to agree that you had to sign a contract of employment so that er if you were leaving or he was paying you off , you had to be given two weeks ' notice either way before they pay you off .
8 Er and the result was that the heavy casting you know , did n't have to travel the system had to be monitored correctly , you had to see that fair play er was the order of the day both in respect of the member and indeed the management to try and reach a er an agreement .
9 ‘ The boy drove the whole way to Dublin on his half day to bring you home and then drove straight back and said you had to see another doctor .
10 You had to see this game to believe it .
11 but it was it was cos you had you know , you had to go that week kind of thing .
12 You had to clean these fish out , and put about eight snotches in each one — bring a knife down the side of the herren , and make cuts about three-quarters of an inch apart .
13 It was a long while before I could even change her nappy , and putting clothes on , you had to disconnect all the wires , put the clothes on and put them all back .
14 So you had to choose that er , you have to do that and the fifth thing that I wrote down here which I had to do , a sequence er , of work .
15 you had to notify all your employ everybody knew
16 And you had to do all that dusting and keep it and you 'd read over all these things , every time you dusted until you got to know them .
17 You had to do that .
18 How would you , if you had to do that if you do it the easy way , do n't do it the hard way , how would you do that ?
19 You had to do that .
20 How l how long you had to do that ?
21 So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up .
22 He was a hard worker , and you had to set these pens every time for the sheep you see , well he could carry three hurdles on his back , and I could , five , that 's right five , and I could carry three , he carried five .
23 You , you were saying you had to visit each of those four lodging houses
24 Cuzco , however , like Florence , another beautiful red-roofed city , was able to retain its dignity and integrity under the tourist onslaught ; to demand that here at least , no matter how flimsy your knowledge , you had to reach some accommodation with the past .
25 T. B. You had to see what they were passing through and you had to have a chit and you had to time this chit and sign it and then you went to the hut and put it on the spike .
26 As part of the training programme , you had to spend this period underground , of which eighteen months had to be spent on the coal face and during that time you did lots of jobs that mineworkers did .
27 so you had to put that to one side .
28 You had to buy all the houses .
29 If you wanted a thesaurus , you had to buy another program to give you that facility .
30 ‘ I 'm sorry you had to hear that . ’
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