Example sentences of "and she [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had the fit in the car on the way home , and she had to be taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 2 | The exiled oppressor of her people had to die , and she had to be sure of it . |
| 3 | ‘ She would misinterpret everything you said to her and she had to be reassured about 20 times over . |
| 4 | She would only have one shot , and she had to be ready to make it count . |
| 5 | The boat 's engine could not be used and she had to be paddled , sculled , pushed and pulled through the floods . |
| 6 | So my mum went out but then she still had to read it all because I was under-age and she had to be there . |
| 7 | After all , Luke was still something of an unknown quantity , and she had to be sure of her ground when the right moment came , otherwise he would annihilate her . |
| 8 | We 'll have to get the formalities over with first , ’ he said , and she had to be satisfied with that . |
| 9 | And then when Suzanne was she had a lot of trouble carrying her about and she had to be in hospital quite a bit |
| 10 | I mean no one noticed anything unusual about her and she seemed to be full of plans for the wedding . ’ |
| 11 | Her nose was cold and she seemed to be perfectly well so I clipped on her lead and carried her outside . |
| 12 | Granny 's crepe paper slipped over one eye and she seemed to be saying ‘ Serves them right . ’ |
| 13 | An adult , presumably the female , came close inshore , followed by two young ones , and she seemed to be teaching them to fish , but after a few splashing sallies with no success she gave up , and dived away . |
| 14 | I was just a little curious and she seemed to be er |
| 15 | For they were melting as she stood there , and she seemed to be liquid inside too , her limbs strangely turning to water . |
| 16 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 17 | She saw the red plush benches which would be filled with students next week , and she ached to be amongst them . |
| 18 | However , on 19 December 1991 the period of six months from the date when the children left the foster mother 's home and she ceased to be their foster parent was due to expire , and she would then be free to apply for a residence order under section 8 in respect of the four children , without the local authority 's consent under section 9(3) ( a ) . |
| 19 | She wore a corset to support her broken body , and she lived to be only 47 . |
| 20 | As well as that magnetic male attraction , he exuded self-assurance ; he was comfortable in his environment , and she longed to be part of it . |
| 21 | Without his so much as kissing her , a raging desire had seized her , and she longed to be in his arms , in his bed , in his heart . |
| 22 | She did n't know where she was and she longed to be back in the cottage where it was safe . |
| 23 | And she happened to be a Christian . |
| 24 | She would see– him occasionally for the rest of her life , and she wanted to be able to chat to him , invite him for more games of chess , more visits to historic gardens . |
| 25 | State occasion or not , it was her day and she wanted to be surrounded by her friends . |
| 26 | Six months had been too long and she wanted to be home . |
| 27 | And she wanted to be doing something manifestly useful . |
| 28 | It was early afternoon and she wanted to be sure of getting to Panshanger before Wyatt returned . |
| 29 | But the walls of her room seemed suddenly oppressive , and she needed to be somewhere less claustrophobic . |
| 30 | Sheila , a year younger still , was too self-centred and bright ever to challenge authority on poor ground and she pretended to be sick in order to escape the tension of the day . |