Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The shaikh complained that he had to leave in a hurry ; his opposite number had left by plane , and he had to drive urgently to Kufra for it was essential that as many people as possible should turn up , to emphasize the seriousness of the affair . |
| 2 | ‘ If I had to drive back to Tangier now , I 'd do it in one go . |
| 3 | They went back down the garden and after that out to a couple of pubs where they drank a lot and Rufus had to drive back to Wyvis Hall with one eye closed on account of getting double vision . |
| 4 | She 'd have been stuck in some noisy complex in Pollensa and then had to drive back to Palma to do his share of the work . |
| 5 | We have now finished coaling at Chapmans Well , but had to wait right to the very end for the best coal . |
| 6 | And when I took , I had to report back to area control I was immediate I got immediate applause . |
| 7 | Pamela Churchill had to leave their house which she had to lease out to others to get income from the rent . |
| 8 | Soon the room became so hot with the heat of the lamps , pupils had to strip down to their shirt sleeves and wear shorts when entering the room . |
| 9 | Either he had to go up to the Broken Hill Ironworks at Newcastle or she had to go down to Canberra to see some official about tariffs or quotas or immigration levels . |
| 10 | ‘ I had to go up to Clapton yesterday and haggle with Antinou for hours over that bloody Egyptian cotton . |
| 11 | When we were married , Jane was still an undergraduate at Westfield College in London , so she had to go up to London during the week . |
| 12 | In the end I had to go up to him and bring him back to the fire . |
| 13 | I usually get one , but I had to go up to Hertford this afternoon . |
| 14 | Had to go up to a hundred . |
| 15 | feet of the cow was not in the original photograph so I had to go up to a a farm and ask for straw to hide the |
| 16 | Dorothy had to go up to Scotland . |
| 17 | I had to go over to them and say , I 'm sorry but we 're going to have to close for a bit . |
| 18 | No , I 've had , no I 've go , I had to go over to shit ! |
| 19 | Veronica Hanson describes the stages that the PPA proposal had to go through to be accepted by the Welsh Office and she goes on to describe how the county schemes are supported , managed and run now that they are in operation . |
| 20 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 21 | These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine . |
| 22 | ‘ We had to go on to plastic teaspoons because the metal ones disappeared . ’ |
| 23 | So you actually had to go on to a smaller boat ? |
| 24 | I had to go on to the usual horror . |
| 25 | Business was so good a new home had to be found when the Comedy had to go on to other previously arranged bookings . |
| 26 | Some got as far as Rhodesia and the high altitude was n't any good so then they had to go on to Cape Town . |
| 27 | Of course , had to go on to Shanghai and get the course going there without me . |
| 28 | The concept is an enormous one for twelve-year-olds to grasp with any sense of reality , for many children of that age would regard it as fun if their family had to go away to new lands — just as I can recall at that age receiving the news of the outbreak of the Second World War with great joy ! |
| 29 | When they turned seven , the boys had to go away to boys ' schools . |
| 30 | They had to go away to be analysed , and I went back to court and ended up getting a £150 fine or seven days in prison — I paid the fine . |