Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least out here they had to play according to some sort of standard of fairness , even if it was a standard they could change as they went along according to how it suited them ( like doubling the bus fares just after he 'd found that job way out in Brentford ) , but in prison , even more so than in a mental hospital , there were no real limits to what they could do to him . |
| 2 | Of course , we had to walk to work at that time o' day . |
| 3 | He had to keep looking for new places he had n't fouled up . |
| 4 | ’ But I knew I had to get rid of that Jackson' . |
| 5 | It is simply something that must be done ; and , in the same way , I had to get rid of some woman , tip the scales back in the other direction . |
| 6 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 7 | Despite the immense firing power of the city , they had to cease relying on simple blockade and long-range cannon . |
| 8 | Thus , with the earldom of Essex passing to the descendants of Geoffrey 's first marriage , John had to make do with such manors as Aylesbury and Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire , Exning in Suffolk , and Cherhill and Winterslow in Wiltshire , the last the only part of the honour of Berkhamsted that he obtained . |
| 9 | Before the days of scientific toiletries , your great grandmother had to make do with simple cosmetics she made herself using herbs and foods from her kitchen cupboard . |
| 10 | Fuel was difficult to come by after we left the forest , and when we reached the plains that stretched to the Webi Shebeli we had to make do with dry cattle dung . |
| 11 | In 1981 , when I left , there was no surgical alcohol available and we had to make do with boiled water . |
| 12 | Some communities provided a communal hot kosher meal at noon for Jewish children , who had to make do with cold vegetables and bread for breakfast and dinner . |
| 13 | Finally the Willeys went for a celebration Sunday lunch … and had to make do with cold cuts because there had been a fire in the pub kitchen . |