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

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1 but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side .
2 The only concern for the Panel was whether the children had to be in compulsory care .
3 I 'm only sorry it had to be in such circumstances of stress .
4 Cautious of it , of course , as one had to be in any den of thieves where pickpockets and cut-purses abounded .
5 ‘ Mac , ’ as of course he was known , would promise to bring down the wrath of almighty God on them if he found them in the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , when they should be ‘ capable of , and available for work , ’ as one had to be in those days .
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