Example sentences of "[conj] had [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | To have a drink on a Sunday , he had to be a ‘ bonna-fide traveller ’ , and had to go at least three or four miles before he would be served . |
| 2 | Mr Foxley who started in the works in 1906 , lived at Shenley and had to arise at four in the morning so as to start work at 5.30 am . |
| 3 | Perversely , George Birkitt seemed to have lost his lines completely and had to take at least half a dozen prompts . |
| 4 | The fog exacerbated his emphysema : he was short of breath , found it difficult to walk very far , and had to stay at home in seclusion . |
| 5 | I had always felt embarrassed and had to look at my feet in the presence of anyone playing any musical instrument , and had realised once when watching Syl spitting and squinting at his oboe that this was because it was irresistibly evocative of masturbation . |