Examples of 'had to have' in a sentence

Meaning of "had to have"

This phrase is used to indicate a strong necessity or obligation to possess or acquire something. It implies that there is no alternative or choice, and the action or possession being referred to is essential

How to use "had to have" in a sentence

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had to have
You just had to have your taco.
Had to have happened at the same time.
But someone had to have helped him.
I had to have myself a little celebration afterwards.
It said that we had to have a business meeting.
I had to have dinner with my department chief.
But she still had to have an accomplice.
I had to have them fax me a new one.
You would have had to have been crouching.
He had to have experienced a drastic computer malfunction.
Whoever he released had to have been his collaborator.
He had to have part of his tongue removed.
I keep thinking we had to have more tuff.
Just had to have one more country.
Every party dress had to have pockets.

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They had to have ammunition and supplies.
I thought classics had to have hard covers.
He had to have known he was not gonna make it.
But the man had to have a phone.
We had to have lunch with these people.
You said you had to have a plan.
You had to have known he was in ruinous debt.
They said she had to have surgery.
You had to have known ahead of time.
The second gate had to have been used.
You had to have your moment of clarity.
Our informant had to have his cut.
You had to have him all to yourself.
I got pregnant and had to have an abortion.
There had to have been more to it than that.
Otherwise one of us would have had to have done it.
Our man had to have been on this somewhere.
It was as if the gun was something he simply had to have.
You just had to have the vacation.
The levels of coordination they had to have.
So he had to have them fixed several times.
Lynette knew she had to have her.
Someone had to have given them to him.
It was that thing you just had to have.
He always had to have the last word.
That was the attitude you had to have.
Something had to have kept him away.
That was what they had to have.
They had to have just moved my father.
They knew they had to have you.
They had to have met each other.
I did not know you had to have rights.
They had to have fallen off somewhere.
I thought they all had to have fish ladders.
I had to have that giant candy cane.

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