Example sentences of "and i had to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had to my satisfaction traced it back to Jules and Boris [ Yul 's grandfather and father , both of whom deserted their families ] . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Unfortunately the op went wrong and I had to be readmitted . |
| 4 | They let me off at four in the morning and I had to be in court by nine . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After Charlie was carried off the aircraft , it was unable to even taxi and I had to be towed off the runway . |
| 7 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We had an afternoon and evening once a week ; and I had to be in at nine , not a minute later . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I 'd coveted Lotta because she was coveted by other men and I had to be the winner . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Tom , I just stood there so hanging around waiting to see what were going on and I had to . |
| 16 | and they had all these great pads you know and I had all these maternity pads because I needed them you know I had to pad up and I had to and I felt so embarrassed |
| 17 | And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go . |
| 18 | We had to pay , I did my arm in and I had to damn well pay |