In the end, he virtually had to capture them.

"As a small-business guy, I virtually had no control over health care benefits before," he said.

Sawyer virtually had to force the water down Sidney's throat, but finally she was able to sit up.

He virtually had to drag his attention away from the main viewscreen.

Ja'La players virtually have the run of the city, and can do no wrong.

And newsstands outside Manhattan have virtually become a thing of the past.

But to do so, he virtually had to ignore the club's house band.

When an accurate clock showed these hours it virtually never had to be adjusted.

We virtually had to make them up on the spot.

For one thing, he argues, the collapse of obsolete industry has virtually run its course.