Example sentences of "[conj] i had to go " in BNC.

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1 And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day .
2 He yawned as he did it , and banged about a bit , so I felt that I had to go .
3 It was n't a very full list cos erm er it did n't occur to me until about seven o'clock this evening that I had to go out quite soon and then I just ran around frantically doing things .
4 In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days .
5 He said he did n't want to see my baby , and that I had to go into a home for unmarried mothers .
6 Well my husband was out o on strike and I 'd erm got two babies , a year and ten months , and I felt that I had to go and get a job and I was desperate so I 'd heard people talking about these things as they did so I thought well I 've got to do something .
7 He was so stiff , so shocked , that I had to go on .
8 So I thanked Mr. Lennis for his frankness , explained that I had to go back to the bank to deal with some work , and departed .
9 I felt awful as other children were upset and their mums looked horrified so I had to go and explain to each mum individually why I thought she did it and say that they were to feel free to stop her themselves and explain .
10 Funnily enough I believed that , but not Santa Claus , but my parents seemed to believe it , so I had to go along with them .
11 Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance .
12 ‘ The trouble with using a Hasselblad is that you black out after each shot , and in the first session I 'd cut off the arms in one or two shots , so I had to go back and re-shoot those .
13 I did n't sign on or claim money or nothing , so I had to go out there and steal to get money in my pocket and clothes on my back .
14 A little while after that my Mum went to live with my sister and her family , so I had to go into a bedsit .
15 But because of the recession , my husband and I could n't afford to pay our mortgage , so I had to go back to work and I do n't enjoy it at all .
16 You deprived me of the chance to be there for him , and for my mother , when he was dying , because there were n't any jobs going in radio in Johannesburg at the time , so I had to go to Durban .
17 I dared not think how he would be if I went back then so I had to go on .
18 ‘ We saw it go in , ’ said Lyle , ‘ but we could not find it and I had to go back and play three off the tee . ’
19 ‘ I was one of the richest people in the country , and I had to go to the bank to borrow money to buy my house , ’ recalls Koch .
20 I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war .
21 But , nevertheless , for me eternity was not now , and I had to go on into the future and in this world .
22 On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it .
23 ‘ My mind ’ , she said ‘ was set on going and I had to go . ’
24 He eventually let go of me and I had to go the bottom of the baths and bring him to the surface , take him to the side and get him breathing again , and I was considered a failure for that .
25 Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful .
26 By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again .
27 They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’
28 We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on .
29 We came on a , I think it was on a Friday or Saturday morning and I had to go back Sunday night , cos I was on duty on the Monday back in Plymouth , and I did a month in Plymouth , er , a month or five weeks no longer , and I came up each weekend to see them , my wife was left there then .
30 Her husband died in a car accident and I had to go and tell his wife .
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