Example sentences of "had [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had to be stud groom .
2 The result is in line with Roberts , and is consistent with the decision if not the reasoning in Spratt , where the court seems to have been discussing the nature of recklessness , not whether there had to be mens rea as to the occasioning of actual bodily harm .
3 The Act sought to preserve UK fishing quotas for UK fishermen by stipulating that UK-registered boats had to be 75 per cent British-owned and that 75 per cent of the crew had to be UK residents .
4 She decided it had to be Aunt Tossie .
5 There had to be orange juice , Lucozade and Pepsi in the fridge .
6 It would make far more sense for the rules to say that breeches had to be saddle brown or horse-gob green , which would also stop men riders showing off their underwear .
7 But the star of the show just had to be Boy George , who was so inspired , he bought the outfit he modelled .
8 ‘ Philip was n't interested in anything else , it had to be Tracy Island . ’
9 There was no spot welding in those days , it all had to be forge weld welded .
10 We had to be 5′ 10″ at least and most were 6′ 0″ or over .
11 That pretty girl just had to be Gaynor Summer 's sister , and , sure enough , that was where she went .
12 For its part , the Phnom Penh government insisted that the " obstacle " of the former ruler must not be allowed to hold up the peace process , and denied that he had to be SNC chair under September 's Jakarta agreement on setting up the SNC .
13 Mario and I agreed during that long flight that part of the trouble had to be media coverage .
14 There was then the general context , RAWP had been sorted out , our other strategy had to be priority care , and we had to fund geographical equity and care group equity .
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