Example sentences of "they have [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 You see they 've got to be seen taking it out
2 Fifteen years ago they 'd decided to be circumspect , they 'd brought their love affair to an end because the baby had been born .
3 I mean they 'd got to be out for er could n't tell you , Christmas or something like that .
4 erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry .
5 Not stay and wait to be thrown out after they 'd ceased to be any use to the old baggage .
6 The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of Jewish beastliness ( why could n't they have waited to be attacked first , like gents ? ) , including what someone euphemistically described as the ‘ re-unification ’ of Jerusalem .
7 The police deny leaving any meaasge , but they 've declined to be interviewed .
8 They 've got to be nice , have the right psychological approach , otherwise you 'd never go back to them again , would you ?
9 They 've got to be worse now , have n't they ?
10 They 're the only Wren crew in the flotilla , so they 've got to be good . ’
11 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
12 Instead , nails should look natural and well-manicured but that does n't mean that they 've got to be long .
13 THEY 'VE GOT TO BE BIG , BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL !
14 Today 's sites are bang up-to-date — they 've got to be to match the amusements offered to youngsters on their own doorstep .
15 No , I ca n't say I like any of these jobs — I do them because they 've got to be done : I 'm here and I 've got to do them ( all said in a dragging monotone ) .
16 They 've got to be nursed and planned , you 've got to plan the showcase and schedules .
17 These levels erm they 've got to be in the context of the levels of the national curriculum or fail to be valuable .
18 But the point is at the end of the day they 've got to be approached in a just giving them a bit of paper
19 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 .
20 They 've got to be able to talk to workmen , and get things done during pollutions — find things out .
21 Erm the answer would be no , they 've got to be sold at sometime and nobody knows what the market is going to do .
22 The either they 're all going to agree and there 's no problem anyway , or they 're not going to agree in which case you saying they 've got to be two rather than three is n't going to help the situation .
23 They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards .
24 They ca n't afford to lose time because they 've got to be out for the bairns .
25 slip through the net so far but they 've got to be done .
26 They 've got to be carefully looked after and tested .
27 They 've got to be able to have a break .
28 ‘ Just come and look at these clouds — they 've got to be one of Nature 's perfect designs ! ’
29 I mean , they 've got to be able to quantify their own work besides yourself .
30 ‘ No , but they 've got to be done , and Shirley 's making the tea . ’
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