Example sentences of "we 've got to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Legion 's advertising campaign with jackbooted Germans marching in front of Parliament preys on our fears and offers a solution — namely we 've got to be armed to our teeth to prevent such a thing from happening . |
| 2 | ‘ If we 're going to break through , we 've got to be prepared to be quick on the button and to say quite risky things . ’ |
| 3 | Or , ‘ We 've got to be high-tech , use computers ’ at the other . |
| 4 | In fact we 've got to , because a really efficient foundry will produce more castings than we can use ourselves . ’ |
| 5 | We 've got to be joking , right ? |
| 6 | This is a stage that we 've got to that I 'm not ashamed of , but I believe we will get much stronger . ’ |
| 7 | The bottom line is we 've got to be flexible . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've got to be more ruthless and more direct in the last third of the field . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 've got to be up there challenging and if we 're not , then people will have a go at us . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've got to be fast ! ’ |
| 11 | We 've got to be more physical |
| 12 | ‘ Well , me dad always says we 've got to be obligin' . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't want to sound as if I have n't got sympathy with people 'cause I know it 's bloody hard , but I know a lot of blacks who use it [ blackness ] as an excuse and we 've got to be careful that we do n't use it like that . |
| 14 | Though we 've got to pursue with leisure , well I think as part of this front line review we 've got to , you know , throw everything up in the air . |
| 15 | We 've got to be downright nasty . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We 've got to chance it , ’ Graham replied grimly . |
| 17 | The other day he was ratty and saying " all I hear is you are the breadwinner and we 've got to be careful , we ca n't have this or that because we ca n't afford it " . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | No , but it means , it means that we know how we 've got to gear up |
| 20 | Right , well we 've only got erm not much more than ten minutes left erm , I 'm ri I 'm well we 've got to be we 've got to be early for lunch so you 'll need to go |
| 21 | Right , well we 've only got erm not much more than ten minutes left erm , I 'm ri I 'm well we 've got to be we 've got to be early for lunch so you 'll need to go |
| 22 | we 've got to asses kids on that . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it . |
| 24 | We hope we will be able to take new proposals to Potter Street on the second of November if nothing else , we will certainly take them an honest indication of where we 've got to so far and what proposals will be taking place , and what we will be proposing erm for the future . |
| 25 | We 've got to , we 've got to do something about it . |
| 26 | Adam , we 've got to ! ’ |
| 27 | You 've got to mention in Scotland the one thing that we 've got to be proud of is the children 's panel system because |
| 28 | well then we 'd all be tremendously specific , well let me ask some one who does drive around on the closest we 've got to a tank driver here , Gillian you drive something very large |
| 29 | difficult it is to stop and how people are feeling vulnerable about trying to stop we 've got to su su , sto sa sa stop them starting . |
| 30 | So we 've got to the situation then where erm we are making sure that nobody is gon na put us in a position whereby they can cause us problems . |