Example sentences of "just had to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | They just had to be there and play well and perform well . |
2 | But the basic discovery of the Detroit mentality was that a design did not have to be better engineered , more functional or more beautiful than what was already on the market in order to outsell it ; it just had to be newer . |
3 | ‘ David , listen I 'm sorry I 'm late , one of those things that just had to be done ; you know I 've got a casting at 1.30 — where would you like to start ? ’ |
4 | We just had to be or my centenary Open was going to be short-lived indeed ! |
5 | One just had to be manly about it . |
6 | It did n't have to be colourless , tasteless or odourless , it just had to be got , somehow or other , past Elinor 's front teeth , down her oesophagus and into her digestive system , even if to do so it should be necessary to hold her down and clamp a funnel between her jaws . |
7 | If she was going to qualify for Wembley , she was going to have to do it on her own and Midnight just had to be good enough . |
8 | Refrigeration was in its infancy , so that perishable goods just had to be sold which meant that prices were gradually reduced in the hour or so before closing time . |
9 | It just had to be gone through . |
10 | ‘ Willy Thorne , for example took part in a ProAm game at Alsager and insisted that one of the three charities who were to receive donations just had to be the Rainbow Trust and that meant £1,400 cheque . |
11 | Yes , it just had to be — a Mr Cutting . |
12 | As for the lads — it just had to be those gorgeously groomed guys Jason Priestly and Luke Perry , stars of Beverly Hills 90210 . |
13 | Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there . |
14 | I just had to be patient , it was one of those things . |
15 | It just had to be upfront and radical . |
16 | The antique and classic park included much to interest the enthusiast , with bucket loads of Stearmen and Staggerwings , all manner of Ryan , Waco , Stinson and Cessna variants , oddest of which just had to be the Waco ZVN–8 N1937S , a 1938 built biplane with tricycle undercarriage ! |
17 | This call just had to be an act of purest derision , a flaunting of how well this enemy had foretold Jaq 's actions — or even was psychically alert to Jaq 's whereabouts . |
18 | The obvious response — of summoning in an exterminator team — just had to be wrong . |
19 | I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there . |
20 | Life just had to be raced and there really was no way of climbing through the lavatory window to get out of it . |
21 | There just had to be a special Super Brownie cake and card for Lynn Hurdwell when she left the Association . |
22 | Only time would tell now whether it would go without mishap I just had to be patient . |
23 | But I knew straight away that you and that handsome husband of yours just had to be Leos ! ’ |
24 | That pretty girl just had to be Gaynor Summer 's sister , and , sure enough , that was where she went . |
25 | Someone , somewhere out there just had to be searching for her . |
26 | Feeling certain that her imagination was playing tricks on her , Fabia , who knew that Ven was still in Prague , saw that it just had to be that Lubor owned an exactly identical pair of shoes . |
27 | But the star of the show just had to be Boy George , who was so inspired , he bought the outfit he modelled . |
28 | It just had to be this year , when Anthony was champion , that they did n't . |