Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade sanctions had to remain as promoters of environmental protection , he argued . |
| 2 | We in the borough , we dare not be rough because we had to remain in Ipswich after the strike was over . |
| 3 | Particularly during the French wars , no merchant might be willing to take them , and then they had to remain in Newgate prison . |
| 4 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 5 | I had to carry on walking . |
| 6 | There were two GIs in charge — the driver and a sentry guard — and Eric had to sit on top of a pile of waterproof mailbags . |
| 7 | Apologies for those who had to sit on plastic seats . |
| 8 | Two slotted benches occupied most of the space and they were high up so that you had to sit with neck bent or smash your head against the ceiling . |
| 9 | She 's silent for a while , then says , ‘ The other day ’ — she 's soaping the front of my legs now , from behind — ‘ when you had to sit through Eldorado in that really uncomfortable position ; you enjoyed that , did n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 11 | She could n't eat any of her meal and went off to school where she had to sit alongside Mr Clark 's daughter . |
| 12 | and they had to they had to sit in rows and they had to do as they were told and they were n't allowed |
| 13 | I had to sit in silence for twenty minutes with him and the weird Indian music . |
| 14 | I had to mourn for Sesostris so I went back to his house . ’ |
| 15 | And I had to drive to Mould oh ! |
| 16 | ‘ You had to drive to Karlovy Vary , and invited me along . ’ |
| 17 | They were greatly upset , but discussion was cut short as his father had to drive to Glasgow to meet Joan , his sister , and John , her husband , to bring them to Fife to spend the festive season . |
| 18 | Up in the short-term car-park at Terminal Two , Lewis had to drive from floor to floor before he found a slot in which to put the car . |
| 19 | The recipients had to agree to devaluation among other provisions . |
| 20 | The coalition had to agree in principle to the report , announcing its determination to implement the report 's assumption that mass unemployment must be prevented . |
| 21 | It had to proceed through persuasion and encouragement — a difficult process with public-sector bodies , but almost impossible with major companies . |
| 22 | Still walking east , the party were aware that they were almost at the front line and had to proceed with caution . |
| 23 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 24 | Tran , who was the party 's most outspoken advocate of the notion that political and economic reforms had to proceed in tandem if either was to succeed , was expelled for " grave violations of organization , principles and discipline of the party " . |
| 25 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
| 26 | I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets . |
| 27 | As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries . |
| 28 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
| 29 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |
| 30 | Similar decisions were reached in the cases involving hole in the heart babies who had to wait for treatment because of a shortage of trained specialist nursing staff . |