Example sentences of "think [pron] 've got to " in BNC.

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1 I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family .
2 ‘ Not being active was very difficult to begin with , but I think you 've got to be very positive and just say to yourself , ‘ I am old now , I 'm 92 .
3 ‘ but then , just when you think you 've got to the end of it , something else turns up , ’ says Pauline with a smile .
4 I think you 've got to be realistic about this whole issue , that er , obviously seeing the poor furry little bunny suffering for cosmetics !
5 I think you 've got to be careful though .
6 Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this .
7 Mr Mallory had said to him once , ‘ With all due respect , Father , I think you 've got to be more broadminded these days .
8 " The creative gift , John , then I think you 've got to — to give of your gift , John .
9 However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue .
10 Well I think you 've got to , I mean
11 No I agree with that , I think you 've got to yes we 'll agree that and also hopefully by then we 'll have clarity the clarity on the salary and then we 'll get in there in which case you 're laughing , right
12 I think you 've got to be careful how you word the letter on that because what I do n't want you to do is to say yes okay and then find you 're blocked on an industrial tribunal application .
13 I think you 've got to and obviously you 've got a very active mind and
14 I I think you 've got to just look at that constitutional concept .
15 you think you 've got to erm you feel you 've got to eat it do n't you ?
16 I think you 've got to be .
17 Yeah but what I 'm saying is when she says things like that I think you 've got to be clear and honest with her .
18 I think you 've got to you 've got to accept that it is a legally binding contract , all of the policies , and I think you have to realise that in any arrangement that you make erm where there is a degree of legality , there has to be parameters put down .
19 We gave [ the library manager ] an enormous list of requirements and he has met most of them … and I think we 've got to be reasonably satisfied because the rest of the school have got to have their whack as well .
20 The position yeah , it 's as Roger said , and I think we 've got to the stage now where we 've shown good faith , we 've had that land put in good order , and we can now I think quite justifi justifiably say , we 've done enough , if you 're not prepared to help any more , it 's over to you .
21 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 .
22 So I think we 've got to be very careful erm , and I want to know which way to go with this .
23 Oh , well I think we 've got to the point have n't we , where these are probably cheaper than the bolts .
24 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 .
25 They often agree to intercourse because they feel they must or they think they 've got to a certain age where they have to do it .
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