Example sentences of "[adv] had [to-vb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he had only had to cope with the loss for slightly over half an hour . |
| 2 | I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two . |
| 3 | Bradshaw was getting ready to go out again when he caught sight of what he later called ‘ indisputably the largest wave anybody has ever had to deal with ’ . |
| 4 | It took a bit of time to get all the necessary planning permission , simply because none of the authorities involved had ever had to deal with anything like Sanipet before ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been in the ambulance service for 23 years and this is the worst job I have ever had to deal with over Christmas . |
| 6 | ‘ It was one of the most ferocious attacks on prison officers I have ever had to deal with and it is vital these men are apprehended . ’ |
| 7 | Stoke Heath 's principal officer Barry Pierce said : ‘ It was one of the most ferocious attacks on prison officers I have ever had to deal with . ’ |
| 8 | Gaitskell was probably the brightest and most administratively experienced Minister the industry has ever had to deal with . |
| 9 | the police say it 's one of the most sickening cases they 've ever had to deal with … |
| 10 | Her solicitor says it 's the most appalling accident he 's ever had to deal with . |
| 11 | Supt Bernie Holmes who was heading the search said last night that this was one of the saddest cases he has ever had to deal with . |
| 12 | The impact of the section has been very broadly based in the city , and for the first time we 've added for you in very brief terms , a Domiciliary Health information of just the total number of visits made by the city health care , erm and the level of work in terms of notices served , and prosecutions , note , going up in most of the sections , particularly their units they 're small numbers , but they are significant , just the same , and the table on the top of page forty-four , erm as I said earlier , I think we reached the highest level of insect complaints in the summer that we 've ever had to deal with , it 's very usual for us to deal with a thousand , over in the summer period , this time we dealt with sixteen hundred . |
| 13 | Older folk will tell you that it was ever thus ; that Irish rugby has always had to contend with the primacy of gaelic games . |
| 14 | Kohl had always had to cope with the personal problem of appearing lacklustre and undynamic , and in 1988 even close colleagues doubted whether he could remain as Chancellor for long . |
| 15 | Professionals and businesses that stand in fiduciary relationships with their customers have always had to cope with the problems that arise when they owe conflicting duties to different clients , or their own interests conflict with those of a client . |
| 16 | She had always had to share with at least two other people until the day she came to Lisbeg . |
| 17 | But while dealing with one of their biggest cases , the local branch of the RSPCA has still had to cope with all the day to day demands on their time . |
| 18 | France and Italy have also had to cope with falling output , and Germany , still struggling with the costs of reunification , has now suffered three successive quarters of declining GDP . |
| 19 | Besides the destruction of their habitat caused by dam building , silt and pollutant discharges into rivers , and the effects of boat traffic , the dolphins have also had to contend with accidental capture in fisheries , directed hunts for food and other uses , and even capture for display in overseas aquaria . |
| 20 | We 've both had to cope with two recessions and undergo immense change in that process . |
| 21 | Although Kapil 's arrival led to some sportier tracks around the country , he has often had to contend with unhelpful pitches , which makes his overall record at home even more praiseworthy : 204 wickets in 58 Tests , at an average of 26.73 . |
| 22 | Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that . |
| 23 | At least he had n't had to bother with flowers for Gina . |
| 24 | Consequently , this ethnography will continually raise such matters simply to illustrate the dilemma as it arises , for I have consistently had to contend with the nature of an insider 's breach of social boundaries . |
| 25 | ‘ The art world has never had to deal with that populist level , ’ he continues — we 've obviously broached one of his favourite topics . |
| 26 | These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at ! |
| 27 | West Mercia police have never had to deal with this before but other forces have . |
| 28 | She has never had to compete with private collectors for company archives and hopes she never has to . |
| 29 | Macadamia nuts , I must confess , are one of my favourites , but I have never had to wrestle with cracking them . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps he 's never had to work with anyone like Dane Jacobsen before , ’ she said flatly . |