Example sentences of "[vb past] it had to be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 He believed it had to be interpreted .
2 The city council decided it had to be cleaned up , the union demanded exceptional payments deadlock .
3 We knew it had to be done and we used to accept it .
4 I knew it had to be answered , but I carne to the conclusion that the longer I left it , the better .
5 He said it had to be seen in the context of the UK 's £25billion a year deficit on trade in manufactured goods , a 22 per cent fall in enrolment for engineering courses since 1985 and the forecast decrease in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds by the mid-1990's .
6 He said it had to be seen in the context of the UK 's £25billion a year deficit on trade in manufactured goods , a 22 per cent fall in enrolment for engineering courses since 1985 and the forecast decrease in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds by the mid-1990's .
7 He says we tried to persuade the Council to let us have it , but they said it had to be leased so now we have no where to go .
8 Wales manager Robert Norster revealed : ‘ Tony has suffered with the problem for quite a while , and the doctor said it had to be put in plaster . ’
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