Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have named a Commissioner Zen , whom they claim demanded to be present when the ransom money was paid , threatening to wreck the pay-off by a show of force if they did not comply . |
| 2 | Instead , nails should look natural and well-manicured but that does n't mean that they 've got to be long . |
| 3 | But they 've got to be long enough in the leg for me |
| 4 | states , they 've got to be accurate , they 've got to be at least half a mile apart |
| 5 | They 've got to be nice , have the right psychological approach , otherwise you 'd never go back to them again , would you ? |
| 6 | Right now , those hip hop beats have been taken to the max and they 've got to be real careful it does n't become like Muzak |
| 7 | People kept saying , ‘ Oh , well , the schools have got to justify everything they do to the public , they 've got to be accountable . ’ |
| 8 | They 're the only Wren crew in the flotilla , so they 've got to be good . ’ |
| 9 | So , for example if somebody does reject a young man in a way that erm is n't appropriate in his eyes , he might then go around and start calling her all sorts of names and generally making other men think of her in bad way , and of course no eighteen year old woman wants young men to think badly of her , and so she puts pressure on herself not to reject advances too openly or too obviously or something like that , and the whole cycle starts again , and so and I think this is the sort of thing the college just can not have anything to do with , because that really is going too far , that 's interfering with the the one thing we could do , perhaps , is talk to the young women and make it clear that they do have the right to reject advances and that what they 've got to be concerned about whilst they 're at university is they 're academic career and making sure that that is n't affected by harassment . |
| 10 | So I mean , we could , we could recruit people in to do it , but the problem there is they 've got to be free at the times when this course runs . |
| 11 | THEY 'VE GOT TO BE BIG , BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL ! |
| 12 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 13 | They 've got to be guaranteed work like one after the other . |
| 14 | And they 've got to be ready . |
| 15 | ‘ They 've got to be able to talk to workmen , and get things done during pollutions — find things out . |
| 16 | They 've got to be able to have a break . |
| 17 | I mean , they 've got to be able to quantify their own work besides yourself . |
| 18 | Other companies prefer , you know , they 've got to be able to cope , but you , you , you know , you read various things that are said , and some companies are taking it much , much more seriously , and they 're realising the problems right the way down , right through the whole company that stress is causing , and trying to save money . |
| 19 | Yeah but the stuff he 's shown me , you know the sort of , th the mandatory for seven year olds in the primary school they 've got to be able to recognize all the different sorts of painters |
| 20 | People like to pull out the job supplement in the middle and , you know , they 've got to be able to do that easily 'cos they throw the rest away , you know , and read the job supplement and they well . |
| 21 | After Warrington they 've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke . |
| 22 | and of course they 've got to be careful in case they kill the grass and around the outside is what |
| 23 | They 've got to be Coptic , of course , and preferably someone he 's met through the church . |
| 24 | The teacher in the first school classroom particularly has got to look out , they 've got to be aware , does the child give any overt sign of recognition ? |
| 25 | They have pledged to be true , and constant , but all their vows are cheapened by this perfunctory aubade : it makes them seem like verbal foreplay . |
| 26 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 27 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 28 | They have got to be able to understand what the script is about . |
| 29 | ‘ For quite proper commercial reasons they have chosen to be selective . |
| 30 | Consequently , norm development occurs over very long periods , and often very old behaviour patterns are preserved long after they have ceased to be relevant . |