Example sentences of "[adv] had [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maurice only had to walk out of the Ibrox ground and the abuse he took was amazing . |
| 2 | Would Mr Lawson then have resisted the temptation to trundle round his Cabinet colleagues , showing off his muscles and boasting that he alone had faced up to the Iron Lady and won ? |
| 3 | So he just had to put up with the noise . |
| 4 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 5 | He just had to turn up on the day . |
| 6 | So we just had to pop down to the Castle in Chiddingstone for a pint or two . |
| 7 | She just had to hold on to the thought that , although he believed he knew who , he did n't know where . |
| 8 | I just had to sign on at the police station once a week — no surety , unopposed bail , no problem at all . |
| 9 | I once had to step out of the water with 5½ stone of weights on me , and it was then I resolved to diet . |
| 10 | We also had to settle in at the new apartment , which I 'm very impressed by ( and only hope it 's a long let , but I 'm scatterbrained about such things and leave all that to Tod ) . |
| 11 | He also had to watch out for the bears that pounced on you if you stepped on the lines in the pavement , and the killer bats that hung upside down in the shadows under the roof of the railway arch , and the rats that came out of the cracks in the brickwork and infected you with their deadly diseases simply by breathing out into the same air that you breathed in . |
| 12 | Apart from the physical difficulties , he also had to face up to the mental stress of completing the task . |
| 13 | It was so obvious that he would n't have cared in the slightest if she really had run off with the professor . |
| 14 | For years she 'd sympathised hugely with those performers who 'd become stricken with nerves just before going on stage — she even knew one world-famous name who regularly had to rush back to the dressing-room from the wings to be ill . |
| 15 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 16 | It had seemed to slow down briefly after the impact , as if the driver was considering whether to stop or not , and then had accelerated off into the night . |
| 17 | " It 's that boy , Timothy Gedge , " Lavinia had said , and then had called out to the twins , who were clamouring for her upstairs somewhere . |
| 18 | We then had to get back to the car , and after a detour that took in just about all of the countryside , we arrive back at the airport for the flight home . |
| 19 | When the corporation took control , all the families living there had moved in from the city area . |
| 20 | Mr. W.S. Johnston , the Second Master and Head of English , had been appointed to the staff in 1934 , initially as Form Master of Junior B. By 1937 he too had moved up to the Senior School . |