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I had a check the unit price of that kind of steel and measured its length width and height, to figure out how much it was worth.

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LadyGrey

14 May

English (US)

"I had to* check the unit price of that kind of steel and measure* its length, width and height to figure out how much it was worth."

You can say "measure" instead of "measured" because "had" is already in the past tense.
"I had to check... and measure..."

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LadyGrey

14 May

English (US)

@Shawn_Chung You're welcome! Hope it helps!

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Shawn_Chung

14 May

Simplified Chinese (China)

@LadyGrey Thank you very much! Grey. but the meaning I want to express with "had a check" is just mean "ran a check", or simply just check. there is no have to alike meaning.

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LadyGrey

14 May

English (US)

@Shawn_Chung
If someone else is doing the check because you asked them to, you can say this.
"I had a check run on the unit price of that kind of steel and I measured..."
/
"I had someone run a check..."

But if you are the person who checked it, you say
"I had to check..."
"I checked..."
"I ran a check..."

Does that answer your question?

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Does this sentence sound natural?I had a check the unit price of that kind of steel and measured its length width and height, to figure out how much it was worth. See a translation

"I had to* check the unit price of that kind of steel and measure* its length, width and height to figure out how much it was worth."You can say "measure" instead of "measured" because "had" is already in the past tense."I had to check... and measure..."

@Shawn_Chung You're welcome! Hope it helps!

Does this sentence sound natural?
I had a check the unit price of that kind of steel and measured its length width and height, to figure out how much it was worth.

See a translation

"I had to* check the unit price of that kind of steel and measure* its length, width and height to figure out how much it was worth."

You can say "measure" instead of "measured" because "had" is already in the past tense.
"I had to check... and measure..."