Example sentences of "got to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sergeant Bramble drank some tea and wondered where Constable Quince had got to . |
| 2 | I had nearly got to the front door when Father appeared at the top of the stairs . |
| 3 | You 've got to be truthful , like in a court of law . |
| 4 | Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Ever since I resigned , I 've had to put up with this incessant , ‘ You 've got to be realistic , ’ from you . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 7 | You 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 8 | You 've got to be positive , or you 'll never get out of this mess . ’ |
| 9 | My favourites have definitely got to be those which flower early in January and February . |
| 10 | Our lists contained the names of the family ‘ prigs ’ we knew were professional thieves and burglars ; and of whom I was advised on my arrival in the department by an old detective : ‘ you only get one chance a year to nail these bastards if you are lucky , so when you do , its got to be watertight ’ . |
| 11 | I had got to the stage with one particular chair when even a mallet and chisel was being limited by the design . |
| 12 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
| 13 | Something has obviously got to be done to make sure that these simple shelters , which are there to offer overnight shelter for anyone in need of it , are not used for holiday centres and the like . |
| 14 | ‘ Above all else , you 've got to be 100 per cent committed to the job and , most importantly , to your dog , ’ Keith advised . |
| 15 | But one has got to be realistic . |
| 16 | Perhaps the nearest the British have got to a building like this has been in the pages of The Eagle . |
| 17 | It had got to be worked for . |
| 18 | Our concentration has got to be on the teaching and on the stretching of children . |
| 19 | Any ambitions we have have got to be within the terms of those realities . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | Mr Baker also conceded ‘ there will be in the 1990s inescapable areas of expenditure where there has got to be increases , for example , in caring for the elderly ’ . |
| 22 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | Anything after his terrible sitcom Home James has got to be an improvement , has n't it ? |
| 25 | ‘ We are not against pay rises , but people have got to sensible , ’ he said , defending the three per cent ceiling on pay rises which has just come into force here . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He had hardly got to his feet when there was a muffled explosion from Sid 's trench , followed by Sid catapulting out from the entrance , his head a mass of flames . |
| 30 | Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile . |