Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door . |
| 2 | they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day . |
| 3 | I had to promise them a press conference , and I thought you 'd rather do it now , old son . |
| 4 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 5 | We had to guess what the speaker was intending to say , from the context — just as foreigners listening to English , in fact . |
| 6 | Pip 's servant at Barnard 's Inn , whom he nicknames ‘ the Avenger ’ because ‘ after I had made the monster ( out of the refuse of my washerwoman 's family ) and had clothed him with a blue coat , canary waistcoat , white cravat , creamy breeches , and [ top boots ] , I had to find him a little to do and a great deal to eat ; and with both of those horrible requirements he haunted my existence ’ . |
| 7 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
| 8 | And again had to wonder what the dickens was the matter with her for Ven , in no way similarly affected , moved and , taking casual hold of her arm , began to lead her across the road . |
| 9 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 10 | The gaffer knocked somebody off their pushbike , had to buy him a new wheel and some compensation |
| 11 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 12 | They had to give me a brandy , I were in a right state me ! |
| 13 | to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days |
| 14 | When Wycliffe returned from talking to Sidney he had to give them a statement . |
| 15 | But if they would work no more and no faster than the job required , they would work no slower and no less : nobody had to give them a special incentive to give of their best . |
| 16 | Er and usually we maybe had to give them a holiday . |
| 17 | I had to give them the keys . |
| 18 | He did n't know he had to give him a little verbal back . |
| 19 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 20 | By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . |
| 21 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 22 | If I tell you that Maureen actually had to give him the kiss of life twice when he caught a chill , you 'll appreciate why we went to such lengths to keep him warm . |
| 23 | One of my sisters got quite hysterical when I did it to her , so Mum had to give her a good shaking ! |
| 24 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 25 | ‘ Had to give her a good talking to . ’ |
| 26 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 27 | Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’ |
| 28 | When he opened it moths flew out and he had to give it a good clean to get rid of the cobwebs and years of dust that had settled inside . |
| 29 | This undramatic release of large volumes of lava , would , if one had to give it a name , probably best be described as a Hawaiian-type eruption . |
| 30 | They had to give it a quarter turn you see with a spanner . |