Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gilbert and I 've decided to be friends . |
| 2 | I think it 's possibly the thirteenth consecutive year I 've been on the committee and for the first time I 've managed to be elected . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've had to be very , very careful and say ‘ you ca n't afford it ’ . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Robson , snapped up on a free transfer from West Ham last season , added : ‘ I 've had to be very careful because the trouble was caused by a virus infection . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've had to be stubborn , single-minded and downright selfish in my pursuit of a movie career . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've had to be a good liar myself to keep my head above water all this time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've had to be very strong through this . |
| 9 | What I 've found to be the most inspiring of his work have been the songs which are ultimately almost meaningless in their simplicity . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | I 've tried to be more Romantic , it does nu good for me |
| 12 | Perhaps I 've tried to be too clever , she thought , reading up world affairs , and he thinks that 's all I want to talk about . |
| 13 | I 've tried to be a good mother to you … |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't like to tell you before but I 've learned to be a dab hand at tapping the boots myself . |
| 15 | I 'm battle scarred , it 's true , and I 've learned to be more philosophical and less impulsive but , essentially … |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | He admitted the strategy posed risks to his party , but said : ‘ I 've got to be prepared , to continue to be prepared , to take risky positions to keep in the game . ’ |
| 18 | So now I 've got to be cruel to be kind . |
| 19 | ‘ I feel like he 's the child , and I 've got to be the adult . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | The Brighton-based fighter , who stopped Benn in their WBO middleweight title fight in November 1990 , added : I 've nothing to prove by fighting Benn again , so if we do meet I 've got to be given my passport to retirement . ’ |
| 22 | He comes once a week with it and I 've got to be careful to make them last . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And I said to him — we had a fairly frank relationship — I said , ‘ Listen , Ron , I 'm going to be here tomorrow , and you 're not ; and I 've got to be comfortable . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got to be realistic about adjustment . |
| 26 | I mean , I 've got an album full of new music and I 've got to be very careful . |
| 27 | Obviously I 've got to be extremely careful about what I say concerning the referee . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Now , I 've got to be off . |