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 |