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1  I'd sure show them I could use it if I had to.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4
2  I had to be in by twelve, but I thought I had plenty of time.
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Context   In Chapter 3
3  I had to grin at him--- Soda can make you grin no matter what.
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Context   In Chapter 1
4  I'd hate to see the day when I had to get my nerve from a can.
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Context   In Chapter 9
5  If I had to pick the real character of the gang, it would be Dallas Winston--- Dally.
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Context   In Chapter 1
6  I fought, but the hand at the back of my neck was strong and I had to hold my breath.
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Context   In Chapter 4
7  I had to tell her that, because I'd seen her eyes when Two-Bit flicked out his switch.
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Context   In Chapter 3
8  One time in biology I had to dissect a worm, and the razor wouldn't cut, so I used my switchblade.
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Context   In Chapter 1
9  Johnny sure did like that book, although he didn't know anything about the Civil War and even less about plantations, and I had to explain a lot of it to him.
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Context   In Chapter 5
10  Several people yelled at us, I think because we were pretty racked-up looking, but Dally had nothing on his mind except Johnny, and I was too mixed up to know anything but that I had to follow Dally.
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Context   In Chapter 9
11  I had to read Great Expectations for English, and that kid Pip, he reminded me of us--- the way he felt marked lousy because he wasn't a gentleman or anything, and the way that girl kept looking down on him.
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Context   In Chapter 1