Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [adv] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Germany 's supplies of rye , barley and oats usually had to be augmented from outside . |
3 | The Wealden clays supported a richer , more diverse agriculture than the Hastings Beds formation , where impoverished sandy soils combined with abrupt contours largely restricted farming to stock keeping , and grain often had to be brought from elsewhere . |
4 | Though officials sometimes mentioned that poor peasants owned cattle , ownership was often concentrated and cattle usually had to be hired . |
5 | Debate on the Church went on through half the time available for discussion in the entire session , and revisions still had to be brought back for approval . |
6 | But women always seemed to be in the majority and the proprietor and his wife , both of whom spoke excellent English and German , could be seen at every hour of the day advising parties of determined-looking women in sensible shoes how to get to St Peter 's or the Piazza Venezia or the English church , or which were the best shops to buy presents and souvenirs to take home . |