Example sentences of "had [to-vb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't have to like it , any more than she had to like being Vanessa Vail , but there was no way she could evade the responsibility without racking up a seed of guilt that would sprout and eat at her Dreams . |
| 2 | The difficulties against which the ‘ fathers of history ’ , Herodotus and Thucydides , had to contend were formidable . |
| 3 | A further hazard with which seafarers had to contend was mines . |
| 4 | The fact that he had to go is the emotional core of his nationalism . |
| 5 | Moreover , the material upon which he had to work was that of the early stages of industrial capitalism and of the working-class political movement , so that in any case it would be essential to review his theory in the light of subsequent historical experience . |
| 6 | The physical conditions in which Merrion House members of the advisory team had to work were , and at the time of going to press remain , grossly inadequate . |
| 7 | What Hope had to bear was exactly the same kind of pressure as other blacks of his generation . |
| 8 | Special precautions were also taken to guard stations , bridges , and level crossings , and all facing points over which the train had to pass were securely bolted . |
| 9 | What Catriona had to hide was that she hated turning down any gift from Patrice , who was the best waitress in the place , as well as the nicest . |
| 10 | Accommodation , and the petrol all we had to find was |
| 11 | But what she had to remember was that , however convincing he might sound on details , there was a hard core of fact that even Luke Hunter could never explain away . |
| 12 | A lot had happened that night , more than she cared to dwell on now , but one thing she had to remember was her vulnerability to him . |
| 13 | It was because the parties had all analysed the nature of the problem we had to decide in the same way that it was agreed at the outset of the hearing before us that the central question we had to answer was this : in what capacity are High Court judges sitting when they sit as visitors to the Inns of Court in disciplinary cases ? |
| 14 | The question they had to answer was quite simple , and they had been told by the seneschal that he had been told that it was an empirical question , not a purely theoretical one , though he had also said he found this difficult to believe , as even the mysterious powers and forces which moved the Wars themselves could not control such absolutes . |
| 15 | He had not merely failed to interest her in a story , he had found the only thing he had to sell was worthless and he urgently needed money . |
| 16 | All we had to experience was the trigger and off we went into a state of fear . |
| 17 | However , the area which ‘ A ’ Squadron had to cover was far too large , several of their jeeps were lost through parachute failures , and the squadron was greatly hampered from first to last by appalling freak weather conditions . |
| 18 | The full horror which Londoners had to endure is commemorated in the re-creation — complete with the sounds of anti-aircraft fire and the acrid smell of burning buildings . |
| 19 | Perhaps the worst treatment Graham had to endure was an experiment with ultra-violet rays , carried out at the local hospital . |
| 20 | So again Warwickshire desperately had to win was slipping away , and with it their chances of the championship . |
| 21 | For even if the setting did not have the same grandeur and the leading characters did not have the same epic cast as twenty years earlier , the role that de Gaulle himself had to play was at least as arduous as that which he had played in the Second World War . |
| 22 | All she had to do was look at the champagne the way she looked at me and you 'd be able to skate on it . |
| 23 | Now all Madame Butterfly had to do was climb down a piece of wood twice her height and fly free . |
| 24 | That week , exam week , all she had to do was invigilate . |
| 25 | All I had to do was ask for directions . |
| 26 | All he had to do was wind it up again to find the way out . |
| 27 | All she had to do was cross a couple of wires and George would become just another victim of a tragic domestic ‘ accident ’ . |
| 28 | There was one about 1930s radio shows : All I had to do was hear your voice , All at once I knew I had no choice … |
| 29 | I think it was a great relief for him to think that Tony DeFries would deal with things and all he had to do was deal with his artistry . |
| 30 | All Dot had to do was smile pleasantly and stand a little behind because , as Gloria pointed out , Princess Margaret was n't nearly as important as Princess Elizabeth and would never become a queen . |