Example sentences of "[adv] had [prep] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One just had to be manly about it .
2 On the resumption Kilkeel were awarded three consecutive penalty corners but they were unable to add to their slender advantage , and the direct long ball tactic from Service meant that Kilkeel always had to be alert to the breakaway .
3 The caddie also had to be fastidious with his player 's equipment , providing clean clubs and balls .
4 Of course , he also had to be ready with a word or two of encouragement now and then as well .
5 The settlement which was worked out had to be palatable to all the leading protagonists : Whig and Tory politicians in the Lords and Commons ; the Church Establishment and the Protestant Nonconformists ; and the new monarchs themselves , William and Mary .
6 Erm by nineteen forty eight erm the Communist Party had argued that three conditions had to be there for land reform to take place and that was that how that the area had to be militarily stable , the majority of peasants erm rich peasants had to be mobilized er had to want to be demanding land reform and the Party cadres there had to be adequate in numbers and quality .
7 The duke therefore had to be satisfied with rather less permanent methods of limiting the Woodvilles ' power .
8 The duke therefore had to be satisfied with rather less permanent methods of limiting the Woodvilles ' power .
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