Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We entered the very horse show that we had to sit out the year before . |
| 2 | The great hero Sigmar first united the men of the middle Old World into the Empire , and to do so he had to drive out the Orcs and Goblins that lived there . |
| 3 | They were so poor that they had to grind up the bark of trees to make flour for their bread . |
| 4 | And what was the sort of clothes you had to wear down the pit ? |
| 5 | Much of this went to Hull for export , but trains for Lancashire had to go up the formidable Worsborough bank avoiding Barnsley , and joining the main line just south of Penistone . |
| 6 | I , I er , o we had to get the ladders we had to go up the ladders did n't we ? |
| 7 | He had to go down the mines and he stuck it out . |
| 8 | They had to go down the rope side-ladder , Richard first . |
| 9 | Now we used to clean the bottom up cos used to be a big boiler in the dredger and erm we used to close down every six weeks , which they used to call blow the boiler down , that mean that they open the valve and the heat used to take all the water into the river , so er , that used to be blown down Friday night , come Saturday morning we 'd start at six o'clock and chip all the fur off inside the boiler , cos the boiler was made with all and what we call the crown , that used to be the two furnaces , cos they 're double the big boiler were a double furnace and we had to chip all that fur off them , well it used to take us now from six o'clock in the morning or say seven when we got there had to go down the tug and er go down the tug and erm , then we go aboard and strip off . |
| 10 | he and he were like this in the water I had to go down the bank I grabbed hold of him in the middle of his back , just turfed him out . |
| 11 | But can you see the people who came to the stepping stones and could n't go across and had to go back the way they 'd already come would n't go back with a very their ego would n't have b been boosted very high . |
| 12 | She had to go back the way she had come . |
| 13 | She did n't point out that they had to go back the way they had come , and when he reached into the back and handed her a water container she drank gladly . |
| 14 | Now they had to work out the 24th number . |
| 15 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
| 16 | ‘ If you had to sum up the idea of Playboy it is anti-Puritanism , ’ said Hefner at the time . |
| 17 | His zest for living had to encompass even the risk of dying . |
| 18 | We had to write up the parrot sketch in English and this French translated in French for us . |
| 19 | They went to total excess and then they had to come back the other way . |
| 20 | I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out . |
| 21 | That road led only to self-destruction — she should know that better than anyone … only had to conjure up the sad , embittered look in her mother 's hazel eyes to realise the depths of pain such an entanglement could cause . |
| 22 | Voters indicated a single preference and had to spell out the name of their chosen candidate , rather than mark a box . |
| 23 | Occasionally you had to spell out the name to tourists to avoid any needless confusion . |
| 24 | From there we had to shuffle down the underground to Davenports Magic Shop , where Paul had been lured in order to buy an ancient Chinese trick , hence the coolie gear . |
| 25 | She still had to shake out the sofa cushions . |
| 26 | ‘ I could n't find the kids but just as had to pull out the fire brigade arrived . ’ |
| 27 | Gathering up the relicts is a hard business at the best of times , and Jackie had to know how the task , carried through with Helen 's usual bravery , would have affected her . |
| 28 | Saturdays made no difference to us , for there was no school then , but on Wednesdays some of us had to stand up the whole way to Parma . |
| 29 | I had to find out the hard way — to coin a phrase . |
| 30 | But if you would n't tell me I had to find out the only way I could , ’ Travis explained , tightening his arms about her . |