Example sentences of "had to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh yes — I told Alison I could n't come , I had to be with Marcus . ’ |
| 2 | He had to be with the Queen and so he rode off . ’ |
| 3 | And you had to be with them . |
| 4 | ‘ The answer to Mr Trimmler 's death had to be with you . ’ |
| 5 | They only had to be with you . |
| 6 | First , there had to be a major subversive or espionage activity that was likely to injure the national interest , and secondly the material likely to be obtained by the interception had to be of direct use in compiling the information necessary for the security services to carry out the tasks laid upon them by the state . |
| 7 | The almshouses ' occupants were old ladies who , to be eligible , had to be of good character and lifelong churchwomen . |
| 8 | Sometimes my sisters would play the piano but the music had to be of the kind suitable for Sunday . |
| 9 | Social reform might assist such a victory , but it had to be of a kind which the Lords would not reject . |
| 10 | The offering had to cost him something — one of his herd of cattle or flock of sheep and goats ( a bird was permitted for the poor ) , and it had to be of the best — a male without blemish . |
| 11 | Martha and I married during the Second World War , as did Steven 's parents , when wedding couples needed clothing coupons from all their relatives to make the wedding dress and wedding suits , which had to be of sensible material so that they could be worn again . |
| 12 | It was always said that water-sellers at Indian stations had to be of a high caste . |
| 13 | The illustrations had to be of ruined castles and dark forests , mythical monsters and fire-breathing dragons , unicorns , trolls and goblins , and a golden-haired boy who fought against the forces of the night . |
| 14 | Now I had to be on my guard against AIDS and the Devil . |
| 15 | At night a light had to be on all the time and Blake 's prison clothes had to be placed outside his cell while , during the day , the clothes he wore had distinctive patches of coloured cloth on them to show that he was on the escape list . |
| 16 | I had never met her American , but of course with my prejudices I had to be on Henry 's side , and I was therefore not much help to her . |
| 17 | Since 16 July 1992 ( Royal Assent of the 1992 Finance ( No 2 ) Act ) , such enquiry time has included Customs making internal enquiries ; previously , however , the time had to be on enquiries with the trader , rather than on internal enquiries , following the High Court decision in L Rowland and Co ( Retail ) Ltd ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November 1992 , p 108 ) . |
| 18 | And to cap it all , it had to be on a case as weird as this that they sent him a Substitute Prosecutor who watched his performance with amused detachment . |
| 19 | She could n't do that again for a while , she had to be on duty over Christmas as it was . |
| 20 | You had to be on your deathbed before someone would come and see you . |
| 21 | Even in Palestine Karlinsky had n't tried to hide it — they had to be on their guard . |
| 22 | Even when he was resting the horseman had to be on the alert for incidents like this to see that nothing untoward happened to his team . |
| 23 | In the afternoon the pupils could relax playing games though the staff still had to be on their toes refereeing . |
| 24 | He had to be on three hundred and fifty a week minimum , surely ? |
| 25 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 26 | I think it must of been , it had to be on a Saturday I believe |
| 27 | She had to get out of here , had to be on her own for a while , had to sort out the confusion fogging her brain . |
| 28 | But , with only 48 seconds separating the top nine riders overall after more than 1,000 miles ' racing as they headed out through the Birkenhead tunnel , Lillywhite and his team-mates had to be on their guard in today 's 85-mile penultimate stage to Salford Quays . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ It was a battling performance , which it had to be on the day . |
| 30 | And erm y every time the cleaners came round on a Tuesday it 's not ev er everything had to be on the bed , including chairs er everything , you know , you had to have your desk |