Example sentences of "but [pron] had to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had to be back before dark still , and in the fairly late afternoon I had to change buses at Hyde Park Corner . |
| 2 | I tricked him , but I had to , I remember once seeing a mosaic , a Roman mosaic . |
| 3 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 4 | But I had to be careful I did n't knock her weight down too much , because her fitness could deteriorate . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry to bring the baby , but I had to , as I 'd no-one to leave him with . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 7 | I regret dragging you back here , but I had to be certain . " |
| 8 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 9 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 10 | I had to hit him and I could n't but I had to . |
| 11 | But I had to be sure , did n't I ? |
| 12 | But I had to . |
| 13 | I 'm not a hard person , but I had to be tough for the kid 's sake . ’ |
| 14 | That was my job so therefore my hands had to be constantly clean and that 's not easy for a seventeen year old to keep his hands clean all the time but I had to . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ she murmured , and added hurriedly , ‘ Look , I really did n't mean to be quite so late , but I had to — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I had to be realistic . |
| 17 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 18 | And I goes but I had to , I had to , I goes why ? |
| 19 | But someone had to be got into the job quickly and there were no other obvious candidates . |
| 20 | But someone had to . |
| 21 | He had no really bad faults but you had to be careful that nothing startled him , such as a bird suddenly rising , and on one occasion he did bolt . |
| 22 | ‘ But you had to . |
| 23 | But you had to be an amateur . |
| 24 | Yeah , but you had to sort of force him to go and take some |
| 25 | You went to work by yourself but you had to be taken to the hospital , and when I was on Martin it was right next door . |
| 26 | But you had to be in by eight o'clock . |
| 27 | But I paid about four hundred for it Oh but you had to if you wanted it . |
| 28 | Oh no but you had to because you felt that sort of there there was that bit between you and me was n't there ? |
| 29 | I really did n't want her to go , but she had to . |
| 30 | She did not want to touch it , but she had to . |