Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would help me up on deck ? ’ she ventured expectantly , adding with a bewitchingly brief smile , ‘ I 'd hoped to be alone for a while . ’ |
| 2 | I had decided to be vague . |
| 3 | I had ceased to be good at the convent , and now I also ceased to be either healthy or clever . |
| 4 | Already I had ceased to be sure which side I was on . |
| 5 | I had tried to be discreet , as the subject was professional dynamite even when discussed in private with a great friend . |
| 6 | If I had admitted to being cold , I should also have had to admit that I was hungry , and this was something I was incapable of doing — if only because I did n't believe it to be true . |
| 7 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |
| 8 | Then , to my relief , what I had taken to be great patches of surf resolved into luminous shoals of herring or mackerel , which shot away at our approach , each individual fish an incandescent streak . |
| 9 | Rocastle said : ‘ I 've had to be patient , but hopefully this can be the start of my Leeds career and a turning point for the club . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've had to be stubborn , single-minded and downright selfish in my pursuit of a movie career . |
| 11 | I 've tried to be sensible about getting back into it , which is strange for an athlete , and it 's forcing me to temper my enthusiasm and take the training easy . ’ |
| 12 | That 's the trouble of course , I 've got a mass of fascinating stuff but I 've got to be selective . ’ |
| 13 | in parents ' house therefore I 've got to be nice ? |
| 14 | So now I 've got to be cruel to be kind . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't say owt to your Gran , Ruthie ; I 've got to be sure first . |
| 16 | It 's a warning that we do n't have a divine right to the British Grand Prix , though I 've got to be confident about Silverstone . ’ |
| 17 | Even more hammily : ‘ But — and here 's the bad news — our first priority — and I 've got to be blunt and straightforward with you — is to raise the number of students going through higher education to double what it is at present , by 96/97 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I 've got to be honest , girl , I ai n't looking forward to it . ’ |
| 19 | Erm I have n't actually been listening to the programme I was asleep I 've got to be honest . |
| 20 | Well , I 've got to be honest , if you actually ask and negotiate with the company , it can offer reduced benefits and reduced premiums to the client 's circumstances , but it 's not generally advertised . |
| 21 | But I 've got to be honest with you you know . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got to be fair to Kaiserslautern , they did not pull nine men back behind the ball , they had a go at us . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got to be realistic about adjustment . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got to be patient with players in the side but I ca n't afford to be patient for too long . ’ |
| 25 | Choking back his disappointment after his own team 's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa , he said : ‘ I 've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side . |
| 26 | He comes once a week with it and I 've got to be careful to make them last . |
| 27 | The scenario was that there was this normal , everyday family being filmed in their home at their most private moments and , in one scene , where a young boy is being pressurised into getting married , they all leave the room and he turns to the camera and says something like ‘ I 've got to be careful here . |
| 28 | I 've got to be careful off is use nine because sixty nine tend to go together do n't they ? |
| 29 | But once in the ring , I 've got to be tough . ’ |
| 30 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |