Example sentences of "had see [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know what the drink was — brandy or whisky — I had that much , I had it twice , so that the lads had to see me home because I was more or less drunk .
2 He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’
3 Every hour mattered : I had to see her as soon as possible .
4 He 'd forced himself to do this , sneak down here , humiliate himself because he had to see her now , this evening .
5 Despite everything , she had to see him .
6 ‘ I had to see him .
7 I had to see him and wave him on , ’ she sobbed , opening the contents of her purse into the collector 's tin .
8 I had to see him .
9 And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband !
10 She disliked the wretched man so intensely that she did n't care if she never had to see him again .
11 But his editor had to see him .
12 I guess I had to see you , drawled Jay , because I was so scared of seeing you .
13 When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon .
14 ‘ Now you 're one of our little band we had to see you .
15 But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’
16 ‘ I — er — I had to see you , Theodosia ! ’ he said a little diffidently , but without preamble , his voice low .
17 ‘ I had to see you , ’ she whispered , unable to speak any louder under a look that was as stern and forbidding as she had feared .
18 ‘ I had to see you , ’ she told him .
19 ‘ I would be , if it did n't mean I had to see you , as well ! ’
20 He had to see it for himself .
21 Delaney scrambled to his feet , lurching from the effects of shock and concussion , knowing only that he had to be sure ; had to see it dead .
22 Monument Hill was the last place he wanted to go to , but he knew he had to see it again for himself .
23 And then she came bounding back and could n't stop herself , went straight into Doreen , knocked Doreen off her legs completely , and she was just sprawled out on all fours , it was just hilarious , we , in fact we did an action replay on that because you had to see it again to believe it .
24 But I wish Marie and Annie had seen them lights .
25 The press had already scented a story , and friends at Regent 's Park Zoo urged her to speak out about the zoo animals ' wretched living conditions , now she had seen them in their natural habitat .
26 The only occasions on which I had seen them in operation they had failed lamentably .
27 But she had seen them on the newsreel before the big film , creaking and groaning across the land , their great limbless , legless form crushing and grinding all that was in their way .
28 I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod ; it was not really my business , although it could be said that I had known them both — had seen them about — for most of their lives .
29 The man standing by my side said that he had seen them behind the terminal .
30 No one had seen them steal except myself , but they went on running nonetheless .
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