Example sentences of "'ve got to " in BNC.

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1 You 've got to be truthful , like in a court of law .
2 Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’
3 ‘ Ever since I resigned , I 've had to put up with this incessant , ‘ You 've got to be realistic , ’ from you .
4 ‘ You 've got to be realistic . ’
5 You 've got to be realistic . ’
6 You 've got to be positive , or you 'll never get out of this mess . ’
7 ‘ Above all else , you 've got to be 100 per cent committed to the job and , most importantly , to your dog , ’ Keith advised .
8 ‘ 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 .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 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 ?
11 Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job .
12 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 .
13 In this industry you 've got to be very much an ‘ open-door ’ person .
14 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 .
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 very conscious too of people 's personal problems and relationships .
17 Therefore , you 've got to give it leadership and you 've got to be seen .
18 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 .
19 I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family .
20 It taught me the lesson that you should never do something because you feel you 've got to .
21 But do n't just jump in because you feel you 've got to .
22 And you 've got to be stubborn .
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 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 .
25 They 've got to be nice , have the right psychological approach , otherwise you 'd never go back to them again , would you ?
26 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 .
27 You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’
28 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 . ’
29 ‘ 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 . ’
30 ‘ You 've got to be joking ! ’ he scoffed .
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