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

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1 Fortunately , the good citizens of Geneva had enough else to think about at this juncture .
2 You had much less to do than anything else .
3 Laura 's problem was that she had not enough to do — no children , though she had n't said anything about this recently — and his heart smote him because he had undertaken to make her happy , and had n't .
4 Johnson , who should have known better , believed Boswell right in assuming such folk unhappy , ‘ for that they had not enough to keep their minds in motion ’ .
5 Anna was in danger of dying because he had not enough to offer her to replace what she would be losing .
6 Why did Doctor Lanyon think that he had not long to live ?
7 Ramsay , forming his men into a lengthy line four deep , had not long to wait before the high wailing of a hunting-horn sounded in the windy gloom , for his group had probably had furthest to ride .
8 They had not long to wait to discover whether Edward was in earnest or not .
9 This was to pay dividends , and we had not long to wait .
10 I had not only to Testify as to how , where and when the Lord Jesus had entered my heart but also give the punters a detailed account of the innermost secrets of my heart .
11 He had not only to acquire knowledge of the artificial-flower trade but to compete , while paying full male wages , against most manufacturers , who employed low-waged girls .
12 He had not only to take Rome : he had also to retain it .
13 Eliot suggested that whoever studied dancing had not only to include its highest forms — ballet and the Mass — but also primitive dances such as the Australian ceremonies detailed by Spencer and Gillen and Howitt ( whom Eliot misnamed Hewett ) .
14 The Scots had not only to reconstruct their self-image , but also to build up contacts with new friends and allies , the main but by no means the only one being France .
15 But Christianity had not only to compete — to offer a god who could match his rivals miracle for miracle , wonder for wonder , supernatural occurrence for supernatural occurrence .
16 Those who attempted to manage the political affairs of a county or district of burghs had not only to contribute towards any public project in their area , they were expected to be the leading subscribers , and it mattered little whether or not they agreed with the project in view .
17 Under the surface draining or thorough water-draining of the land had to be undertaken on a more planned and workmanlike scale than had been done formerly ; for now the below-surface drains had to take off most of the water and conduct it to the ditches , and had not merely to assist the wasteful system of frequent water-furrows on the surface , as the old bush-drains had done when they were almost the sole method of under-draining .
18 Fortunately the Royal Hotel was on the front , and they had not far to go .
19 In August he went again to Switzerland , and for a week in September he looked after his grandniece who had travelled to London to see him ; but then he contracted athlete 's foot and had once again to enter a nursing home .
20 The Olympians had slightly further to swim , and while the juniors were allowed to crawl Moorhouse was made to swim the breast stroke at which he won gold at Seoul 5 years ago .
21 The County Council had also now to increase its monitoring of dumping operations in response to community concerns .
22 The idea of a department of state concerned solely with foreign affairs had clearly still to fight for acceptance . )
23 But I had now finally to conclude that the love and the joy and the laughter that was Leslie had vanished for ever .
24 ‘ And , dear me , I had n't far to look . ’
25 I suppose it depended on whether you went for the older man , which , speaking for herself , Rosie did n't and never had done and was , anyway , leaving to stay with the Spratlings at Porto Ercole and then , perhaps , driving down to Rome to see poor old Jack Gerontius , who had n't long to go , and after that , who knew ?
26 ‘ That nice lady sat there explaining to me that she had n't long to live .
27 But there was periods that y your men you , you had n't enough to occupy fully occupy the men .
28 The axis of the great shift in the world ran between Bonn and Moscow , and if Britain was nominally closer to it all than the United States , its political leaders had even less to say .
29 Those approaching graduation had even more to fear .
30 That had even further to go .
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