Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | I had to carry hot water for washing to every room . ’ |
| 4 | Transport was scarce and we had to carry special identity cards when we moved from our own villages . |
| 5 | It had to carry enough fuel for over 20 hours airborne . |
| 6 | As in Indonesia , he had to implement this decision with virtually no guidelines . |
| 7 | If he had to wait all day for Master to come home , that was all right . |
| 8 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 9 | There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them . |
| 10 | Specifically , for the verbal task , subjects had to report 3-letter nonsense syllables presented in either the left or right hemifield and , for the spatial task , they had to locate the position of a dot in a rectangle exposed within one or other visual field . |
| 11 | One consequence was that Pitt had to float special government loans at high discounts , because he could not secure a sufficient sum from the " market " . |
| 12 | No , I had to borrow some money off Maggie this morning to pay me bill . |
| 13 | Tottenham had to thank another youngster for keeping them in a position to fight back . |
| 14 | Prince Eugene of Savoy , until his death in 1736 the most famous commander in Europe , had to wear civilian dress when he appeared at the Habsburg court . |
| 15 | Men had to wear rough cotton shirts and white corduroy jackets and trousers , to be easily visible . |
| 16 | Now she had to wear this metal cage to stop the bones in her neck crumbling . |
| 17 | He said he had to conduct some business with the grain merchant . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I had to see that man . |
| 20 | You had to see this game to believe it . |
| 21 | ‘ I had to see another patient . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ If Selwyn intends to go to the Colonel 's this afternoon , I could say I had to go that way myself and offer him a lift on the motorbike . ’ |
| 24 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 25 | but it was it was cos you had you know , you had to go that week kind of thing . |
| 26 | But neither man could entirely ignore North 's fevered memoranda , insisting that without the awful procession of weapons shipments the hostages would die ; and both men , while they were in office , had to go each morning to a president who would ask them what they were doing and importune them to try harder . |
| 27 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 28 | Leach , on one occasion had to go full length to save , and also the keeper at the other end too was kept very busy . |
| 29 | erm Right on the last few minutes with five minutes to go erm the erm Steven was again through and Leach had to go full length to save . |
| 30 | Even this better-than-expected showing , however , does n't do that much for Sun 's margins because it had to promise free MP upgrades . |