Example sentences of "i 've got to " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | He admitted the strategy posed risks to his party , but said : ‘ I 've got to be prepared , to continue to be prepared , to take risky positions to keep in the game . ’ |
3 | So now I 've got to be cruel to be kind . |
4 | ‘ I feel like he 's the child , and I 've got to be the adult . ’ |
5 | Even more hammily : ‘ But — and here 's the bad news — our first priority — and I 've got to be blunt and straightforward with you — is to raise the number of students going through higher education to double what it is at present , by 96/97 . ’ |
6 | The Brighton-based fighter , who stopped Benn in their WBO middleweight title fight in November 1990 , added : I 've nothing to prove by fighting Benn again , so if we do meet I 've got to be given my passport to retirement . ’ |
7 | My colleagues will be wondering where I 've got to . |
8 | He comes once a week with it and I 've got to be careful to make them last . |
9 | The scenario was that there was this normal , everyday family being filmed in their home at their most private moments and , in one scene , where a young boy is being pressurised into getting married , they all leave the room and he turns to the camera and says something like ‘ I 've got to be careful here . |
10 | And I said to him — we had a fairly frank relationship — I said , ‘ Listen , Ron , I 'm going to be here tomorrow , and you 're not ; and I 've got to be comfortable . ’ |
11 | ‘ They 'll wonder where I 've got to , ’ she muttered . |
12 | ‘ I 've got to , boy , to get it into your thick head . |
13 | ‘ I 've got to be realistic about adjustment . |
14 | I mean , I 've got an album full of new music and I 've got to be very careful . |
15 | ‘ I 've got to , love . |
16 | ‘ I 've got to the stage where if someone said ‘ here 's £10 million ’ I 'd sell like a shot . |
17 | Obviously I 've got to be extremely careful about what I say concerning the referee . |
18 | Choking back his disappointment after his own team 's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa , he said : ‘ I 've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side . |
19 | It 's a warning that we do n't have a divine right to the British Grand Prix , though I 've got to be confident about Silverstone . ’ |
20 | I was told I could n't , but said to hell with it , I 've got to . |
21 | Now , I 've got to be off . |
22 | Of course , she 'd be delighted and so would I , since I 've got to be there . |
23 | ‘ I 've got to be rated doubtful but I 'm still hoping , ’ he said . |
24 | ‘ I 've got to be fair to Kaiserslautern , they did not pull nine men back behind the ball , they had a go at us . ’ |
25 | Then glancing at his watch , he said , ‘ Come on , get up out of that ; I 've got to be away , my train goes at four o'clock . ’ |
26 | ‘ I 've got to be patient with players in the side but I ca n't afford to be patient for too long . ’ |
27 | I 've got to be rated at number one , ahead of Fatima . ’ |
28 | ‘ But I know I 've got to be as successful over the next five to eight years as I have been so far . |
29 | But once in the ring , I 've got to be tough . ’ |
30 | If I get a movie script which means that I 've got to be away from home for a long period then I turn it down . ’ |