Example sentences of "[pron] had do be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | So far so good ; now all I had to do was to muck up my second throw and ‘ Jaz ’ would be the winner . |
2 | All she had to do was cross a couple of wires and George would become just another victim of a tragic domestic ‘ accident ’ . |
3 | The MPs said the only firing they had done was on two US teenagers — children of Panama Canal Commission employees . |
4 | How could they say , as they all did , frequently and sanctimoniously , that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children ? |
5 | Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett continued to insist that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children . |
6 | What he had to do was to " live apart from men , as far as the needs of the body allow … continually upheld by him whom I love " ( 31.142 ) . |
7 | Well the Solicitors turned round and said to him that there 's a twenty five per cent chance he 'll lose his licence , but then he 'll get there erm , but most he 'll probably get is about a month , and then he said , well surely your job could find you something to do in that time , has said , no licence , no job , so what he had to do was to . |
8 | Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) . |