Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doris and the editor auditioned dancers who had to perform physical exercises along with acrobatic dancing . |
| 2 | Although from her upbringing it might have been thought that ‘ visiting the sick ’ would be a part of her daily life she had hardly ever — thanks to the Welfare State — had to perform this duty , and then only with her mother or father . |
| 3 | The change involved the production of a protective ‘ skin ’ to ensure that water loss to the atmosphere was not excessive , and the stems had to acquire sufficient rigidity to stand up without the support of surrounding water , but also the cellular structure had to allow the passage of nutrients to the growing shoots ( ultimately , a vascular system ) . |
| 4 | I had to carry hot water for washing to every room . ’ |
| 5 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
| 6 | Transport was scarce and we had to carry special identity cards when we moved from our own villages . |
| 7 | It had to carry enough fuel for over 20 hours airborne . |
| 8 | The abolition of Pomgol was greeted with so many protests from the affected areas of Russia that Kalinin had to issue two statements in which he tried to show the stricken population that it had not been abandoned by the government . |
| 9 | In the 1820s the vestry at Christchurch , Spitalfields , had to issue general instructions against the use of the single case in their vaults , advocating the triple case in all instances . |
| 10 | That was the authority that caused so much scandal as a result of the compulsory competitive tendering legislation with such iniquitous dealings in the management buy-outs of the school meals service that the Audit Commission had to issue special guidelines for all future cases . |
| 11 | Alisa Morrant realised that she had to target new mothers — it would be too late by the time the children attended the dentist for fillings . |
| 12 | James and Pauline MacGregor of Mulbarton , Norfolk , had to drive 180 miles from Auxerre to Lyon before being freed unharmed . |
| 13 | Just for one , for one signature you had to drive twenty miles |
| 14 | As in Indonesia , he had to implement this decision with virtually no guidelines . |
| 15 | For one thing , a much smaller house , because after all , C. Mellings , Printers and Stationers had to support two establishments ; Cedric 's and Jane 's house did not have that elusive but unmistakable atmosphere of ease , of success . |
| 16 | The daughter of an Indian labourer , Mrs Swami was deserted by her husband and had to support four children on her own . |
| 17 | Editors still had to submit their material for inspection ( after it had been printed , but before it was distributed ) ; they could be penalized both by indictment in the courts and by direct action on the part of the Minister of Internal Affairs ; and they had to lodge monetary bonds with the authorities to facilitate the payment of fines if the government moved against them . |
| 18 | I had to wait two hours before seeing him as he was in conference with a producer . |
| 19 | That was in 1977 and Hope had to wait two years before making his second attempt . |
| 20 | If he had to wait all day for Master to come home , that was all right . |
| 21 | Bob Swatman , 73 , branch chairman , of Low Lane , Middlesbrough , had to wait 17 hours on the beach before he was eventually evacuated with 65 others by a fishing boat which landed at Margate Pier . |
| 22 | Of the other three , Port Erin had to wait 58 years for its lifeboat station , being formed only in 1882 , while those suggested for Jurby and Laxey never materialised . |
| 23 | At the hospital , I had to wait thirty minutes before getting attention . |
| 24 | I had to wait four days before I could risk flying her again . |
| 25 | His first Grand Prix was the 1951 Swiss when he was in a British HWM but he had to wait four years for his first success . |
| 26 | Residents had to wait four years to elect their council after receiving that bill . |
| 27 | For some reason which escapes me we had to take a taxi , and when we arrived at Helsinki airport we had to wait five hours for our flight . |
| 28 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 29 | There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them . |
| 30 | But The Stars Bow Down , with its biblical theme of Joseph and his brethren , though published in 1939 had to wait ten years before it was performed at the Malvern festival . |