Example sentences of "[prep] [be] a " in BNC.

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1 Well I suppose probably people li like nursemaids and er and er what they used to call in those days mothers ' helps , who used to sort of be a general skivvy around the house and would look after the children , and , and , and they were the same , they had to be in I think at , at sort of ten o'clock at night .
2 I mean their stock play normally is er a quality ball from Thomson into big Walsh well you know with Walsh missing they they 've got ta sort of be a little bit more inventive with their free kicks .
3 The lyrics are pretty much standard , if mild , slackness , a typical ragga-gruff voice explaining how you 've got ta be a top shag to please a girl .
4 There 's got ta be a pupil input , there 's no way you can do this
5 So by a fortnight today there 's got ta be a payment in ?
6 So by a fortnight today there 's got ta be a payment in
7 and then after the course there 's got ta be a post-evaluation form fed out .
8 It 's got ta be a good thing if you miss it bad enough .
9 Oh , it 's got ta be a flat roof then .
10 No you 've got ta be a bit more precise though .
11 This fact , coupled with everyones ‘ feeling ’ that this is the one , and Sotons sh*t start AND our encouraging away performances AND Sotons injury problems … its GOT TA be a home win ; - ) ) ) ) )
12 If those figures are right of four hundred and ten now you do n't need to be a real big mathematician , even at this time of night , but you , if you have the two hundred and thirty four out of commission and you 've got to have those cos that 's got ta be a rolling programme each four years .
13 final you 've got ta be a bit more dramatic , you 've got ta think of the words that are dramatic words , final death toll amounted to twenty twenty dead , forty three injured .
14 you know sort of ooh he 's got ta be a poof so they er duff him up just cos he happens
15 There 's got ta be a brick somewhere under here .
16 Got ta be a reason for that I suppose .
17 It 's got ta be a
18 It 's only got ta be a little tin foil .
19 it 's got ta be a
20 Well you see it 's got ta be a reasonable fit .
21 Oh you 've got ta be a poser .
22 You 've got ta be a good girl and cross at the traffic island which is up there opposite .
23 Got ta be a bit understanding
24 You 've got ta be a resident of there .
25 I see , I 'm , I ca n't accept that , there 's got ta be a way
26 Got ta be a bit thick !
27 It 's got ta be A
28 You 've got ta be a bit careful cos if you stick an amp meter or a current meter across a battery you 're effectively shorting the battery out .
29 So you 've got ta be a bit careful !
30 no it 's got ta be a is it
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