Example sentences of "'ve got [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 So they 've got to re-do the foundations and everything
2 You 've got to be truthful , like in a court of law .
3 Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’
4 ‘ Ever since I resigned , I 've had to put up with this incessant , ‘ You 've got to be realistic , ’ from you .
5 ‘ You 've got to be realistic . ’
6 You 've got to be realistic . ’
7 You 've got to be positive , or you 'll never get out of this mess . ’
8 ‘ Above all else , you 've got to be 100 per cent committed to the job and , most importantly , to your dog , ’ Keith advised .
9 ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley .
10 ‘ You 've got to be careful : they cause lots of trouble , ’ said Manoel , glancing nervously at the groups of patrolling military police and the slate-grey truck used to cart away vagrant minors who spend their days here sniffing glue , bathing in fountains , picking pockets and sleeping rough .
11 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 ?
12 Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job .
13 You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way .
14 In this industry you 've got to be very much an ‘ open-door ’ person .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 You 've got to be very conscious too of people 's personal problems and relationships .
18 Therefore , you 've got to give it leadership and you 've got to be seen .
19 You 've got to be ambitious , not necessarily for yourself , but for your company to be among the best in the world and you 've got to strive to get it there .
20 I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family .
21 And you 've got to be stubborn .
22 Therefore you 've got to be selective in what you do and you 've got to be the right person to deal with those things , of course .
23 Therefore you 've got to be selective in what you do and you 've got to be the right person to deal with those things , of course .
24 They 've got to be nice , have the right psychological approach , otherwise you 'd never go back to them again , would you ?
25 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 .
26 You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’
27 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 . ’
28 ‘ 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 . ’
29 ‘ You 've got to be joking ! ’ he scoffed .
30 You 've got to be joking .
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