Example sentences of "we [vb base] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say minim we 've got to be minimum of nine players , we 've only got eight . |
| 2 | Her coach , Ian Threadgill , said : ‘ We 've got to be delighted with that without the wind she would easily have got the qualifying time . ’ |
| 3 | I think we 've got to be serious about it in terms of targeting given individuals , tracking back their history , go back through the bloody files , if there 's been anybody been treated . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | We 've got to be pro-active about this , it 's no good simply sitting back and waiting for whatever government is in power , to impose certain regulations , certain restrictions , certain proposals . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Rachel we 've got to be nice to it . |
| 8 | I can understand that obviously we 've got to be cautious about that sort of thing . |
| 9 | That 's right as far as the arm is concerned we 've got to be cautious , there . |
| 10 | which means that we 've got to be polite to people and so on . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , me dad always says we 've got to be obligin' . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We 've got to be sure . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You see gents what we 've got to be aware of is , if Glasgow and Birmingham for example |
| 15 | Er , we did it erm , er just after 1919 when er , er we started backing the white Russians and erm , before we write off erm everything the Communist er Government of er Russia has done over the last seventy years as being evil , what I think we 've got to be aware of is that we may once more be unleashing the forces of nationalism , which in 1914 , and I think of going up er in the period in the thirties very much lead to erm two world wars , and er I 'd like to know more about er some of the forces the so called democratic forces that are backing erm Mr Yeltsin . |
| 16 | Or , ‘ We 've got to be high-tech , use computers ’ at the other . |
| 17 | We 've got to be quiet though , she might be a bit touchy ? |
| 18 | But we 've got to be happy with a point . ’ |
| 19 | I said , Ah well we 've got to be different . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've got to be fast ! ’ |
| 21 | We 've got to be realistic . |
| 22 | We 've got to be silent |
| 23 | She 's going to be even more upset when Mitch goes and we 've got to be ready for it . ’ |
| 24 | you know , I have got to get , I mean we 've got to be ready at four ai n't we , which means we 'll have to be ready before we get there , |
| 25 | The bottom line is we 've got to be flexible . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 " . |
| 29 | I think that 's something we 've got to be careful of . |
| 30 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |