Example sentences of "that they had do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 2 | Arthur found the reasons for this unfathomable , but took it that they had to do with a comparison to his own looks . |
| 3 | He and Levshin , his deputy , knew that they had to do something , but in 1856 their ideas were unambitious . |
| 4 | that they had to do there . |
| 5 | He wanted to stay in his own place but Jackie and Neville were nearly driven mad running up and down to Letchworth when all that they had to do , Jackie 's full time teaching and Nev is trying to build as many kitchens or build as many doors for millionaires as he possibly can . |
| 6 | At breakfast together Fisher exploded and attacked the Church Union and all that it stood for and said that they had done great harm and ought to apologize . |
| 7 | Ramsey confessed that they had done a lot of harm and ought to apologize but said that the best of them were trying to , and that the Church of England ought to apologize to the high churchmen for the way in which it sometimes treated them . |
| 8 | When in 1967 E. R. Leach made exactly the same point on the BBC , there was a national uproar with bishops and pundits of all kinds fulminating in the newspapers against the impiety of the idea , in much the same way that they had done against Engels almost a hundred years before . |
| 9 | On the balance of last night 's play , Everton were entitled to feel that they had done enough to take Forest back to Goodison Park . |
| 10 | The cachous vanished in a flash and there were sullen looks and mutterings as the last children went back to their places , though one or two , even if they had n't won a sweet , felt strangely pleased that they had done something good , though not all were quite sure what it was . |
| 11 | Which reminded her that they had done nothing at all about the shooting . |
| 12 | Was n't it possible that in years to come she and Susan , doomed to loneliness themselves , might feel very glad that they had done their best to make someone else less lonely ? |
| 13 | His very short statements , and constant insistence that they had done the right thing , made it difficult , if not impossible , to reflect the point of the view of ‘ the other side ’ — the side of the authorities , who then complained that the parents had too much publicity and had the full support of the press and media . |
| 14 | The company admitted that they had done so to avoid paying the new higher taxes . |
| 15 | A total of 40.7% of respondents chose their last holiday on the basis that they had done the same before and enjoyed it ; 19.7% went somewhere where they had always wanted to go ; and 17.9% went on a word-of-mouth recommendation . |
| 16 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |
| 17 | The promoters of the Alexandra Palace show , Kennedy Street Enterprises , replied to fans ' accusations this week , claiming that they had done everything possible to provide tickets for genuine applicants . |
| 18 | Four were thought not to have abused their children , but still to be in need of social work intervention , while 16 were considered to have abused their children but there was no unequivocal evidence that they had done so . |
| 19 | At the moment there is n't even a charging regulations came in the schools immediately cut back because it was a very definite barrier that was put up to prevent schools that prevented schools from from taking up that sort of er offer that they had done in the past and it 's a major problem . |
| 20 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ |
| 21 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ . |
| 22 | They wished to kill and devour the father and then imagined that they had done so and felt guilty — is this what happened ? |
| 23 | I assess the student 's ability and level of performance , and I might come to the conclusion that they had done pretty well to get those grades ; or it might be obvious that they could have done better . ’ |
| 24 | Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure . |
| 25 | They were relieved to be told that they had done well , and also that these tests were not that accurate after all . |
| 26 | I would never punish any child who did n't agree with me that they had done something … |
| 27 | In 1908 George Lansbury admonished working class men for not practising the economic equality at home that they preached in public , and noted that men who gave their wives 10/ to 12/ out of 30/ to 35/ felt that they had done enough . |
| 28 | Rock art evidence suggests that they had done so in pre-historic times . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , 12 members of the Cabinet did visit the shrine on Aug. 15 ( and at least three others had visited it earlier in the month ) , although most claimed that they had done so in a private capacity . |
| 30 | Some heads of department claimed that they had done a lot of thinking about policies and practices in anticipation of the appraisal . |