Example sentences of "be that [pron] had [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
| 2 | The reason being that you had to navigate where you could see . |
| 3 | What the doctor is saying is that he had to continue treatment , because it was right to do so as a matter of public policy . |
| 4 | I think their suggestion was that they had to go via Norwood Gardens because they then turned right at the in and went up into the middle of and it was to get them on to that line that they had to go through . |
| 5 | What our friends did not realise was that they had to travel through Blea Moor Tunnel . |
| 6 | In effect , the message being sent to John and the other hostages was that they had to keep a stiff upper lip and hope that , one day , the kidnappers might let them go . |
| 7 | Lord McGregor said his experience of Government bodies and committees was that they had to fight to preserve their independence against officials and Ministers . |
| 8 | What the song was that we had to sing on this stage , with it . |
| 9 | One of those lessons was that we had to align the needs of the platform with those of the systems . |
| 10 | The main problem was that we had to do it with a RELIANT ROBIN three wheeler car , looking remarkably similar to Del Boy 's . |
| 11 | The problem was that we had to get to Gatwick Airport by 7.30 am for the 8.30 flight to Paris . |
| 12 | ‘ They knew they had a hell of a battle on their hands and the first thing I stressed was that we had to fight to win the ball — and we did , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Erm , the result er , was that we had to bring in relief staff , and other staff have had to work overtime . |
| 14 | What made it even worse was that she had to pretend to enjoy it . |
| 15 | All she knew was that she had to get away from him before she betrayed herself . |
| 16 | When Cain made his feelings known , the only explanation he received was that he had to master his sin before God would be impressed with him . |
| 17 | What annoyed him though was that he had to make most of the preparations . |
| 18 | All he knew was that he had to get away from Weatherbury . |
| 19 | One of the major qualities of Michael 's performance was that he had to speak in three accents : one way to his troops , as their superior ; another way to the officers , his superiors ; and a third way to the German who had captured him . |
| 20 | What really happened was that he had to climb a length of rope which had mattresses underneath it so that at the end of each take he could simply drop to the ground in safety . |
| 21 | What he meant was that you had to cover a lot of ground to find anything newsworthy . |
| 22 | One thing she knew was that you had to keep quiet around fish , or so men would have you believe . |
| 23 | And erm the provivo proviso was that you had to pay it back though . |
| 24 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 25 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 26 | The second bit was that I had to identify Billy . |
| 27 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |