Example sentences of "we [vb base] get to be " in BNC.

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1 The British Legion 's advertising campaign with jackbooted Germans marching in front of Parliament preys on our fears and offers a solution — namely we 've got to be armed to our teeth to prevent such a thing from happening .
2 ‘ If we 're going to break through , we 've got to be prepared to be quick on the button and to say quite risky things . ’
3 Or , ‘ We 've got to be high-tech , use computers ’ at the other .
4 We 've got to be joking , right ?
5 The bottom line is we 've got to be flexible .
6 We 've got to be more ruthless and more direct in the last third of the field . ’
7 We 've got to be up there challenging and if we 're not , then people will have a go at us .
8 We 've got to be fast ! ’
9 We 've got to be more physical
10 ‘ Well , me dad always says we 've got to be obligin' . ’
11 I do n't want to sound as if I have n't got sympathy with people 'cause I know it 's bloody hard , but I know a lot of blacks who use it [ blackness ] as an excuse and we 've got to be careful that we do n't use it like that .
12 We 've got to be downright nasty . ’
13 The other day he was ratty and saying " all I hear is you are the breadwinner and we 've got to be careful , we ca n't have this or that because we ca n't afford it " .
14 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 .
15 Right , well we 've only got erm not much more than ten minutes left erm , I 'm ri I 'm well we 've got to be we 've got to be early for lunch so you 'll need to go
16 Right , well we 've only got erm not much more than ten minutes left erm , I 'm ri I 'm well we 've got to be we 've got to be early for lunch so you 'll need to go
17 You 've got to mention in Scotland the one thing that we 've got to be proud of is the children 's panel system because
18 We 've got to be able to set out the implications of the decisions , that may or may not be made , and priorities at a given time .
19 You see gents what we 've got to be aware of is , if Glasgow and Birmingham for example
20 We 've got to be very careful we 're not tying our hands behind our backs .
21 Erm I would n't say it 's it 's gone quiet at night , we 've got to be more aware now anyway .
22 So we 've got to be more aware during the like what we call the silent hours .
23 And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't .
24 We 've got to be sure . ’
25 Okay , so if you can give me some suggestions that might , might actually improve , cos we 've got to be seriously thinking that she 's fifty six , this is the other key to it .
26 Now having said that I mean the late long established er unit trust group , I mean as a , as a company we 've got to be very careful who we use , we 've got an approved list erm in London and in Bournemouth we have erm a , a department which analyzes products , and those products come onto our approved list when they 've , when they 've fulfilled a number of criteria .
27 I can understand that obviously we 've got to be cautious about that sort of thing .
28 We 've got to be realistic .
29 That 's right as far as the arm is concerned we 've got to be cautious , there .
30 Well round about that point , We 've got to be very careful because , we 've got to be very careful about interpreting the model as reality .
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