Example sentences of "you 've got to " in BNC.

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1 You 've got to be truthful , like in a court of law .
2 Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’
3 ‘ Ever since I resigned , I 've had to put up with this incessant , ‘ You 've got to be realistic , ’ from you .
4 You 've got to be realistic . ’
5 You 've got to be realistic . ’
6 You 've got to be positive , or you 'll never get out of this mess . ’
7 ‘ Above all else , you 've got to be 100 per cent committed to the job and , most importantly , to your dog , ’ Keith advised .
8 ‘ 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 .
9 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 .
10 Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job .
11 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 .
12 In this industry you 've got to be very much an ‘ open-door ’ person .
13 You 've got to be prepared to listen to a lot of varied opinions about many difficult problems , assess the people who give you those opinions and at the end of the day you 've got to be very decisive and determined .
14 You 've got to be prepared to listen to a lot of varied opinions about many difficult problems , assess the people who give you those opinions and at the end of the day you 've got to be very decisive and determined .
15 You 've got to be very conscious too of people 's personal problems and relationships .
16 Therefore , you 've got to give it leadership and you 've got to be seen .
17 You 've got to be ambitious , not necessarily for yourself , but for your company to be among the best in the world and you 've got to strive to get it there .
18 I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family .
19 It taught me the lesson that you should never do something because you feel you 've got to .
20 But do n't just jump in because you feel you 've got to .
21 And you 've got to be stubborn .
22 Therefore you 've got to be selective in what you do and you 've got to be the right person to deal with those things , of course .
23 Therefore you 've got to be selective in what you do and you 've got to be the right person to deal with those things , of course .
24 You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’
25 You 've got to be joking ! ’ he scoffed .
26 You 've got to be joking .
27 You 've got to be prepared to die for what you believe in , ’ Elinor said passionately with a toss of her wayward locks .
28 ‘ Just because you 're married does n't mean you 've got to be Siamese twins , ’ I said loftily .
29 ‘ To get anywhere in this game you 've got to be stubborn , bombastic , what may appear to be ignorant .
30 Every culture in Britain at the moment has a similar philosophy as far as size goes : if you want to look good , be desirable , you 've got to be thin .
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