Example sentences of "[vb base] got to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah so so you 've got to be slightly careful but I mean if you already can use theodolites and things then in a sense I mean what do they mean by experience ? |
| 2 | It 's hard to put yourself on the line ; you need incredible conviction , and you 've got to be dead sure about what you 're doing , because leading a band is absolutely riddled with paranoia . |
| 3 | We 've got to be downright nasty . ’ |
| 4 | I 've got to be completely frank with you . |
| 5 | We gave [ the library manager ] an enormous list of requirements and he has met most of them … and I think we 've got to be reasonably satisfied because the rest of the school have got to have their whack as well . |
| 6 | Well well er yes well from what I 've already learnt , and I 've got to be rather blunt in this matter , I 'm afraid that Carol 's expectations |
| 7 | ‘ You 've got to be awfully careful with some of them . ’ |
| 8 | twenty , fifteen , whatever years , whatever years , and in that time you 've got to be pretty sure that you can do that |
| 9 | and I mean I 'd love the Bluecoat but I mean you 've got to be pretty clever for that . |
| 10 | And that brings us back to your point , that there are times when you , you , you know you have , in order to get your statutory rights you 've got to be pretty firm . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't drive round it in a car and say , ‘ I 've seen the Broads ’ , because you can only get to the most beautiful and interesting parts by boat or on foot , and you 've got to be pretty determined . |
| 12 | And you 've got to be pretty enthusiastic to get it . |
| 13 | You 've got to be so careful . ’ |
| 14 | I 've got to be so careful , that 's the trouble , I never know when my boss is suddenly going to bite my head off . |
| 15 | Obviously I 've got to be extremely careful about what I say concerning the referee . |
| 16 | They 're out for a laugh , I mean Charlie wo n't even tell me who he fancies because erm he says , you know , he said to me , you know , and in , in , in , and in his exact words he said you 've got to be really stupid to tell anyone anything in this place and I said yeah but I 'm not a proper Haileyburian I 've just come in , you know he goes yeah but you 're gon na get that way |
| 17 | ‘ But I know I 've got to be as successful over the next five to eight years as I have been so far . |
| 18 | Actually , I like a nice bath now and then , and I 've got to be as fresh as possible for Tina , my childhood sweetheart . |
| 19 | Mr Mallory had said to him once , ‘ With all due respect , Father , I think you 've got to be more broadminded these days . |
| 20 | If , as you claim , medical sociology , and your ethnographic methods , can really open up this realm of process and tell us what is going on in the ‘ black box ’ then you 've got to be more entrepreneurial . |
| 21 | It just generally makes you more aware of the closness of the ground and that you 've got to be more careful at these sort of heights |
| 22 | Erm I would n't say it 's it 's gone quiet at night , we 've got to be more aware now anyway . |
| 23 | So we 've got to be more aware during the like what we call the silent hours . |
| 24 | It 's slower but you 've got to be more positive and accurate . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've got to be more ruthless and more direct in the last third of the field . ’ |
| 26 | We 've got to be more physical |
| 27 | Thus ‘ you 've got to be very sure of your ground , because you 've got to get up , not in a court , but in an appeal situation , and give evidence ’ . |
| 28 | You 've got to be prepared to listen to a lot of varied opinions about many difficult problems , assess the people who give you those opinions and at the end of the day you 've got to be very decisive and determined . |
| 29 | Unfortunately on the main roads nowadays , because of the faster traffic , they 've got to be very aware of what 's going on around them . |
| 30 | ‘ Not being active was very difficult to begin with , but I think you 've got to be very positive and just say to yourself , ‘ I am old now , I 'm 92 . |