Example sentences of "[verb] [ex0] had to be " in BNC.

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1 Er and if he 'd of walked up to John two minutes later he probably would n't have made it because we had a right erm but we did feel there had to be some initials .
2 There was nothing in the structure of the new scheme that meant there had to be losers .
3 Jenny Riley , a recruitment consultant and parliamentary candidate in Newcastle East in 1987 , said there had to be ‘ massive ’ programmes of training and retraining .
4 He said there had to be a curb on the ‘ smut ’ straw burning left on people 's homes , their clothing and on other farmers ' crops .
5 Ulster Unionist John Bell said there had to be a military victory over the terrorists before a political solution could be found .
6 He said there had to be some mistake .
7 Peter Donald , the Scottish League secretary , said there had to be grounds for optimism that a solution within the governing body 's framework was now attainable .
8 Joan Cameron , a former Provost of Bearsden and Milngavie , who will chair the trust , said there had to be some vehicle for liaison .
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