Example sentences of "had to take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to ‘ hit the bottle ’ , Gary had to take the official doctor home with him before he could provide the required sample . |
| 2 | Last time , I had to take the other route from Larne to Stranraer in Scotland . |
| 3 | Two resolutions passed by the Russian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 23 stated ( i ) that servicemen of the Black Sea Fleet had to take the military oath established by the CIS [ see p. 38729 ] and ( ii ) that the legislative , international affairs and external economic relations committees of the Russian Supreme Soviet were to examine by Feb. 6 the constitutionality of the 1954 decree transferring the Crimean oblast from Russia to Ukraine [ see p. 13507 ] . |
| 4 | He got to his feet at five but had to take the mandatory count of eight . |
| 5 | ‘ I had to take the whole test again because I blinked , ’ he said . |
| 6 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 7 | Partly because he had to take the daily grind and brunt of this hugely assured and powerful boy 's pains of growth . |