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 . |