Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the age and general appearance of the driver and the obvious wealth behind the car itself Campion was sure it had to be either hard drugs or pornography , maybe a sweep operation somewhere and one of the fishes had struggled through the net . |
| 2 | It seemed to her that if love was to be great it had to be paid for with a terrible price . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry it had to be me . |
| 4 | I 'm only sorry it had to be in such circumstances of stress . |
| 5 | She wrote , ‘ You ca n't imagine how strange it seemed to be journeying thus , without any visible cause for progress other than the magical machine , with its flying white breath and rhythmical , unvarying pace … ‘ |