Example sentences of "that i had [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir , It is a sad reflection on the high street banks ' attitude to their customers that I had to rely on FARMERS WEEKLY for financial information vital to the overall profitability of my farming business . |
| 2 | to actually create the right learning environment for them , there were a thousand little details that I had to attend to , like had I planned my lesson right , was I progressing in the right way round the classroom , had I remembered to chase up certain people 's homework , and stuff . |
| 3 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 4 | Eventually I accepted that I had to leave without my baby . |
| 5 | and financial circumstances and erm , this was something of course that I had to leave to the people who were working got himself another job . |
| 6 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 7 | Except that I had to live with the aftermath . |
| 8 | When Phil Collins came on , his jacket had such wide shoulders that I had to lean to one side to see the monitor TV set which the producer uses to scribble messages to me . |
| 9 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 10 | He said he did n't want to see my baby , and that I had to go into a home for unmarried mothers . |
| 11 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 12 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 13 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 14 | And then it just became a drug that I had to take for every day use . |
| 15 | With this background , as a teacher I saw the subject as a collection of facts and skills that I had to impart to my pupils in a well-defined sequence . |
| 16 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 17 | More sophisticated , more polite , perhaps ; but ‘ easier ’ suggested that I had to pass through some ordeal . |
| 18 | ‘ As soon as I was introduced to the concept of the Dewhurst Tennis Academy , ’ said Mr Dick , ‘ and its sole directive to produce champions , I knew that I had to assist in this exciting initiative for British tennis ’ |
| 19 | However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report . |
| 20 | Everything here seemed so unreal that I had to come to terms with it as soon as possible , so that I can begin work . |
| 21 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |
| 22 | from Liverpool Street I wanted to get to Oxford Circus which meant that I had to change at , I forget where now , because I 'm in such a , a muddle now after all this , |
| 23 | Then she reached over and gently tilted my chin up so that I had to look into her eyes . |
| 24 | Knowing that I had to start at a new school in the city , with new people and new teachers , I began to worry all over again . |
| 25 | Quite apart from the sheer mystery of all that I had to behold on arrival at an up-to-date operational station . |