Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if the patient required an X-ray he or she had to be seen by one of the consultants or registrars . |
| 2 | Either she was left with the excellent non-skiing kindergarten , which she enjoyed but where she did not learn to ski , something she very much wanted to do , or she had to be put into skischool . |
| 3 | Apart from an explanation of the reason for the survey , how he or she came to be selected , a guarantee of anonymity , etc. , each question must maintain the respondent 's cooperation by treating him or her with courtesy and gratitude — a few ‘ pleases ’ and a ‘ thank you ’ are essential . |
| 4 | Moreover , Hahnemann discovered that if a patient needed a particular remedy he or she tended to be very sensitive to it — much more so than someone for whom it was not indicated . |
| 5 | The spokesman also stressed that anyone receiving what he or she considered to be a suspect package should exercise extreme caution and contact the police immediately . |
| 6 | The hospital of San Giovanni di Dio was practically next door to Headquarters , which was convenient in the case of patients who required a permanent guard or who had to be questioned at intervals . |
| 7 | But the group who were seeing Mr Hurd this week , or who asked to be associated with the visit , included the Tory backbenchers Sir John Biggs-Davison , Sir John Farr and Mr John Wheeler . |
| 8 | The record number of people who did get involved , or who wanted to be kept in touch , generated a vast workload for the inquiry bureaucracy , in reality a handful of hard-pressed individuals . |
| 9 | Somebody or something seemed to be trying to speak to her but she felt cut off like a prisoner in a sound-proof box . |
| 10 | Nylons for the women , Coke for the kids and guns for the men to go on fighting ‘ Germins ’ or ‘ Reds ’ or whoever happened to be next in the firing line , that was William 's grandad 's uncluttered view of world history . |
| 11 | Most will be reluctant to undergo assessment , either because they are involved in criminal activity or they expected to be subjected to a judgmental and disapproving attitude towards themselves , or because they are afraid their children may be removed from them . |
| 12 | Could you give me an example of how you went about making a a bread scone or a roll or what had to be done ? |
| 13 | There were bodies everywhere and everyone seemed to be screaming and crying . |
| 14 | Even their religious faith was subtly different from her own : they seemed hemmed in by a regiment of saints , feasts , rules , indulgences , penances and novenas , and everyone seemed to be permanently on guard against saying or doing anything that might be deemed heretical . |
| 15 | There were no forks , and everyone seemed to be using either his fingers or a knife . |
| 16 | And I grew to be a man . |
| 17 | Unfortunately the powerful television lights kept melting the glue , and in spite of extra large dollops of the stuff , the G from ‘ Winning ’ fell off every night and I had to be up a ladder fixing it back again at six the next morning . |
| 18 | Unfortunately the op went wrong and I had to be readmitted . |
| 19 | They let me off at four in the morning and I had to be in court by nine . |
| 20 | Nigel assured me that it would be more efficient than the wheel and produce considerably more electricity , and I had to be content with that . |
| 21 | After Charlie was carried off the aircraft , it was unable to even taxi and I had to be towed off the runway . |
| 22 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 23 | The ceiling was so low that Frank could never stand up straight and even the shorties like Brian , Terry and I had to be careful not to bang our heads when we were exercising . |
| 24 | I was on the borderline between a first- and second-class degree , and I had to be interviewed by the examiners to determine which I should get . |
| 25 | We had an afternoon and evening once a week ; and I had to be in at nine , not a minute later . |
| 26 | However , in the winter months , on a roof top it was cold and I had to be wrapped in blankets , even though the sun beat down mid afternoon . |
| 27 | I 'd coveted Lotta because she was coveted by other men and I had to be the winner . |
| 28 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 29 | And I carried on doing that for quite a number of years and I managed to be voted onto the Edinburgh committee . |
| 30 | you know that awful viral thing that 's going around and I meant to be pass the infectious now , or I would n't be here with you . |