Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 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 | We have now finished coaling at Chapmans Well , but had to wait right to the very end for the best coal . |
| 3 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | When they turned seven , the boys had to go away to boys ' schools . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Occasionally we had to go away to one of our other convents for meetings . |
| 8 | He had to make frequent visits to hospital , for plaster to be changed , for X-rays and check-ups , and as unfortunately further cancer cells had been found in his spine , he had to go periodically to the Christie Hospital again . |
| 9 | So he had to go there to Canada you see and er and . |
| 10 | Early in 1923 , Dad had to go hurriedly to Devon to attend the funeral of one of his elder brothers , Uncle Fred , who had died as the result of a heart attack at the early age of forty-seven . |
| 11 | Thus a migrant son from a Scottish island croft answers his parents ' call : ‘ when I grew old , I had to come home to be with them . ’ |
| 12 | When he did finally get to his feet his legs were unsteady and he had to stick close to the tables for support on his way to the door . |
| 13 | All the patients and staff had to look forward to at Exminster was death . |
| 14 | Now all he had to look forward to was burying her . |
| 15 | What I had to look forward to at best , so far as I could see , was marriage with a worthy young man such as Paolo , with whom I already felt myself to be in love , then children and a life of boring respectability in the Pianura Padana . |
| 16 | It did n't bother me , I knew I was engaged to be married , and in those days as soon as you were going to be married you left your job … that is the only thing we girls had to look forward to , getting married and going on our own , getting our bottom drawer together and things like that … |
| 17 | It was the form twos , the only thing that I , that they had to , they had to look forward to in the whole time they were there . |
| 18 | She had to keep close to this man even if it meant sharing his bed . |
| 19 | As they came back into the City , buses had to slow almost to a halt to safely make the turn into Winchester Street ; it was not only steep but also had a tricky camber . |
| 20 | I had to get close to them . |
| 21 | She had to stay here to midnight . |
| 22 | Quite unexpectedly , at 9.00 a.m. on 12 July , the couple turned up at Auckland airport and told the hire company 's office there that they had to return early to Europe and were planning to catch the 11.30 a.m . |
| 23 | To control the elaborate complex of facets or planes to which forms are now reduced , Picasso had to resort again to the use of a consistent light source , and there is in many of these paintings a new and strong sense of chiaroscuro . |
| 24 | IN THE fight against aquatic weeds , which block drainage ditches and hamper fishing and water sports , British water authorities have up to now had to resort either to herbicides or mechanical cutting . |
| 25 | If you wanted to cut from a wide shot to a close-up , you had to cut away to another camera long enough for the lens to be swung round into position and refocussed . |