Example sentences of "be a [noun] you have " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're a nig-nog you 've got it dead lucky . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah well we 've got a job to do if you 're a soldier you 've got a job to do okay , you 've got a bit of training , you 've got a job to do |
| 3 | You talked about being erm you know , if God wanted you to be a missionary you 'd got to be a , a sort of teacher or a doctor , do you see your , your role in Harlow as , as a missionary role or as a doctor ? |
| 4 | But you 've got to , Terence said it 's so dear to be a member you have got to keep going to get your , your money back . |
| 5 | DeFries had an idea that to be a star you had to act like a star so everything was first class . |
| 6 | ‘ To be a manager you have to have a strong personality , and I 'm not really like that unless I 've had 23 pints . |
| 7 | To be a teacher you 've got to have control of your children and you ca n't |
| 8 | it is n't the case of just being a fireman say get a rescue tender and whirl it up and erm there about , you 've got to get , you 've got to be a fire , if you be a fireman you 've got to get in everything erm |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a pity you 've gone off fucking , ’ continued Nubenehem when the customer had left . |
| 10 | It 's a pity you 've money , you 'd be a deal better off if you 'd a living to earn , teaching or nursing . ’ |
| 11 | And equally unofficially , it 's a pity you 've got to know her . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Susan will be sorry to have missed you — it 's a pity you have to leave so soon , ’ Richard said hesitantly ushering Simon out of his office , and his life , forever . |
| 13 | Now , as the thought came into his mind he spoke it aloud , and had he spoken like this to anyone else it would have been taken as an insult , for what he said was , ‘ It 's a pity you have n't had education , Mick . ’ |
| 14 | It 's a pity you have n't got to earn enough to put in there and pay for it . |
| 15 | And it looks as if there 's a screw you have to undo to get it off . |
| 16 | That 's a thermal you 've got ta have . |
| 17 | So do come and see me if it 's a problem you 've got that you think needs sorting out . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's a nest you 've got in your craw ’ , |
| 19 | ‘ I was only thinking that if you 're always so high-handed in your dealings with people it 's a wonder you have n't had your come-uppance . ’ |
| 20 | It 's a wonder you have n't got a sore throat all the time Ann . |
| 21 | Its International Vice-President , Mr Rod Fisk , asked whether the company was concerned over how the uranium might be used , said : ‘ That 's a question you have to address to the US Government . ’ |
| 22 | There 's a , there 's a light you 've got ta plug , switch for the light |
| 23 | So it 's a risk you have to calculate . |
| 24 | That 's a risk you have to take . |
| 25 | I would however suggest that if there 's a sound you 've heard emanating from the West Coast then it 's probably here . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's a lesson you have to learn … ’ |
| 27 | I think it would be wrong to say guarded , it , it 's a er you know , it 's a balance you 've got to strike . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw the accident and it 's a corner you have to have respect for , ’ Dunlop said . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a shame you had to miss the Somerset v. Kent match . |
| 30 | But when you begin fishing , if it is a swim you have never fished before with a swimfeeder , it is essential that you find out how long it takes to empty so that you can set up a rhythm of casting and feeding . |