Example sentences of "i had to [be] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I found I had to be very firm with her , or she 'd have run rings around me , and how would she learn ? |
| 2 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 3 | I had to be very careful going through a couple of blobs of the Renaissance gold where the paint was at its thickest , but I was lucky and got a reasonably clean edge all round . |
| 4 | ‘ Now Bathsheba , ’ he said , laughing , ‘ you know very well that I had to be very careful , as a single man working for you , a good-looking young woman . |
| 5 | But as soon as the combine came in I had to be very careful with them . |