Example sentences of "had to be [adv] careful " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was poor but proud , and the 1st Shadwell Brownie Pack had to be rather careful what they did for her . |
| 2 | ‘ This is why I had to be so careful , Meredith , ’ he said tightly . |
| 3 | And there was plenty of crap strewn all over the pavement , so he had to be more careful . |
| 4 | This is when we all got cut fingers , you know that , you cut it just right the crown , and you try to be quick , we all got these marks on the forefinger , sugar beet and swede , you know you took a swede and put it on the heap in one go , you know , well , with sugar beet you had to be more careful , did n't you , you cut the crown |
| 5 | I thought you had to be quite careful with chicken . |
| 6 | These patrols had to be very careful owing to the close proximity of the German positions and the difficult countryside of high hedges and tall earth banks with trees on top . |
| 7 | I was on Mill Street for a bit and some of the padlocks there on the fish shops were filthy — you had to be very careful to wash your hands before you had your refreshments . |
| 8 | You had to be very careful in those days . |
| 9 | Projectionists had to be very careful to orientate the disc and to put the pickup in the right groove for the sound to be in synchronism . |
| 10 | The various houses hid as much Champagne as they dared by sealing up some of their cellars , but they had to be very careful not to attract attention . |
| 11 | I had to be very careful going through a couple of blobs of the Renaissance gold where the paint was at its thickest , but I was lucky and got a reasonably clean edge all round . |
| 12 | Nuclear weapons were so destructive that those states which possessed them had to be very careful about getting involved in any conflicts , whether with other nuclear states or with their allies . |
| 13 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 14 | ‘ Now Bathsheba , ’ he said , laughing , ‘ you know very well that I had to be very careful , as a single man working for you , a good-looking young woman . |
| 15 | But as soon as the combine came in I had to be very careful with them . |
| 16 | And you had to be very careful with the grouse . |
| 17 | Although you had to be very careful in er in d knowing what to go after . |
| 18 | Andrew said : ‘ Everybody had to go through a medical before the show and if they were not up to it , they did not go in — we had to be very careful because of their health and safety . ’ |