Example sentences of "[adv] did he have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind screeched in his ears , making consecutive thought almost impossible so that not only did he have to struggle in desperate conflict with the conditions but had also to fight to hold to his concentration . |
| 2 | Not only did he have to keep wafting a smoke machine to create that distinctive curry house fug , and smoking cigarettes down to the level of the previous scene ; he also had to keep up a steady supply of fresh poppadums . |
| 3 | He did not have to suppose that an animal could foresee the consequences of its behaviour ; still less did he have to suppose that an animal could imagine what it would do in its partner 's place . |
| 4 | What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ? |
| 5 | so why did he have to die ? |
| 6 | If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ? |
| 7 | Why did he have to ask all these questions ? |
| 8 | Why did he have to lead her instead down an obscure passage to a toilet where generations of old and ugly and smelly monks had been relieving themselves ? |
| 9 | Why did he have to choose this moment to be nice to her ? |
| 10 | Why did he have to do that ? |
| 11 | Why did he have to do that ? |
| 12 | Why did he have to do that ? |
| 13 | But why did he have to leave his job ? |
| 14 | Why did he have to frighten people so much ? |
| 15 | Well if he 's keeping forward with his policies , why did he have to sack the man ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why did he have to come here ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did he have to hate her so much ? |
| 18 | Oh , why did he have to look so irresistibly handsome when he smiled like that ? |
| 19 | And when he stood to strip off his tunic and shirt to have his arm attended to , why did he have to look so big and strong ? |
| 20 | Why did he have to make her feel so stupid ? |
| 21 | Why did he have to make such a provocative remark ? |
| 22 | Why did he have to keep it there for three hours ? |
| 23 | Perhaps not , perhaps he was wishfully imagining it — but what else did he have to go on ? |