had, to be

Idioms  

1. see be had.

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Example Sentences

Gina says it was the fire alarm triggering, which made people react - almost as if they had to be told to leave.

From BBC

“We knew this was a big game and I had to be there for my team,” Wright said after scoring 18 points in the last two quarters.

From Los Angeles Times

My college applications—each in its bulky envelope, larded with paper clips, staples and whiteout—had to be postmarked by noon.

From The Wall Street Journal

The head of the archive, Rainer Hering, presented the mayor of Bayeux with the pieces of linen on Thursday, saying it was "obvious" they had to be returned to France.

From BBC

"For our state archives service, it was obvious that these pieces of fabric taken by the Nazis 85 years earlier had to be returned to France," Hering told Ici Normandie.

From BBC