Example sentences of "i had to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 2 | ‘ I had to . |
| 3 | I had to be rid of them , I decided . |
| 4 | I had to be rid of the English boy . |
| 5 | I had to be dreaming . |
| 6 | Now I had to be on my guard against AIDS and the Devil . |
| 7 | ‘ I had to be a part of it ’ , he says . |
| 8 | I had to be told which character was Chaplin ; he was so old and looked nothing like the silent comic I knew so well . |
| 9 | As soon as I set foot in there , I knew that I had to be involved somehow . |
| 10 | It cost us £50,000 to get Eva back , but I 'd spend it again if I had to . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I had to be in charge , ’ he later said , ‘ when it came to the actual making of the films . |
| 12 | And I had to my satisfaction traced it back to Jules and Boris [ Yul 's grandfather and father , both of whom deserted their families ] . ’ |
| 13 | My mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that I had to be admitted to hospital and am currently on sedation . |
| 14 | I felt like I had to be in a group . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I had to , in case you did n't come . |
| 16 | They found me sitting in the hall , I had to be helped upstairs to bed . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | So once I had passed through the obligatory outskirts of post-war , multi-storey housing estates and entered a labyrinth of blackened buildings in canyon-like streets with traffic jammed solid , I knew I had to be somewhere near the town centre . |
| 19 | ‘ At the bridge table I had to be a killer , ’ she would recall with a sigh . |
| 20 | I had to work a bit to keep up with him — the path is not as straight as the road ; also I had to be careful not to make a noise . |
| 21 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 22 | Somehow , I had to be worthy of this sacrifice ; to make my life count , if only a little . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh yes — I told Alison I could n't come , I had to be with Marcus . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He said I had to , sir , ’ the girl said , and again shook my father 's shoulder . |
| 25 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the op went wrong and I had to be readmitted . |
| 27 | A fierce aunt shocked me by telling me shyness is a form of rudeness and selfishness , and that I had to be the first to talk to two people . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to be sure . |
| 29 | Gradually the time was increased , though I had to be careful not to ask for too much . |
| 30 | I had to be careful in the recording . ’ |