Given the following sentence, provide its verb phrase:
We had to be there before noon.
The verb phrase in the sentence "We had to be there before noon" is "had to be."
Complete the following task based on the instruction and optional input provided.### Instruction:
Given the following sentence, provide its verb phrase:

### Input:
We had to be there before noon.

### Output:
The verb phrase in the sentence "We had to be there before noon" is "had to be."