Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not Adam Burns , though — oh no , he had to go straight for the jugular . |
| 2 | This meant that Thompson had to look elsewhere for the engram underlying eyeblink conditioning . |
| 3 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 4 | Their room was in darkness and he had to fumble about for the switch to the bedside lamps . |
| 5 | He also had to watch out for the bears that pounced on you if you stepped on the lines in the pavement , and the killer bats that hung upside down in the shadows under the roof of the railway arch , and the rats that came out of the cracks in the brickwork and infected you with their deadly diseases simply by breathing out into the same air that you breathed in . |
| 6 | At teatime , there was honey , sour-milk scones and plum jam where you had to mind out for the stones . |
| 7 | We had to stay there for the winter , however , because the ship needed repairs and the captain was ill . |
| 8 | Rigney , the strong redhead , had to return home for the tour and Donal Lenihan was flown out as his replacement . |
| 9 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 10 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |