Example sentences of "got [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There was nothing to be got from being disagreeable or testy .
2 Donaldson had got over being self-conscious about his signing quite early on in his training , but as he squatted down before the cage and made a greeting sign he felt that early embarrassment returning .
3 I thought she 'd got over being ashamed of me , but now she looks at me with contemptuous pity .
4 Besides , she probably had n't got over being angry ; she needed time to cool down .
5 ‘ You 've got to be honest , ’ he said .
6 ‘ Well , I 've got to be honest , girl , I ai n't looking forward to it . ’
7 Erm I have n't actually been listening to the programme I was asleep I 've got to be honest .
8 Well , I 've got to be honest , if you actually ask and negotiate with the company , it can offer reduced benefits and reduced premiums to the client 's circumstances , but it 's not generally advertised .
9 But I 've got to be honest with you you know .
10 Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile .
11 ‘ Do n't say owt to your Gran , Ruthie ; I 've got to be sure first .
12 ‘ This has got to be sure .
13 ‘ We 've got to be sure . ’
14 He 's got to be correct , he 's got to do whatever was ‘ right ’ and ‘ nice ’ before either of us was born .
15 ‘ What have I got to be unhappy about ? ’
16 You 've got to be polite .
17 which means that we 've got to be polite to people and so on .
18 He 's got to be polite .
19 Yeah , I , you may laugh but you see if you 're writing stories for a , for a young child then you 've got to be explicit , you 've got to be colourful and you 've got to talk in a basic language that that child will talk that like that at that age .
20 I can understand that obviously we 've got to be cautious about that sort of thing .
21 That 's right as far as the arm is concerned we 've got to be cautious , there .
22 I think I did , er , mm no I say you 've got to be choosy , certainly I 'll agree with that , anyway by the sound of it , like
23 This has got to be immoral if not illegal !
24 It 's the silly new middle-aged people who 've got to be young who 've changed .
25 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
26 People kept saying , ‘ Oh , well , the schools have got to justify everything they do to the public , they 've got to be accountable . ’
27 and erm er i now er now I want to I do n't mind training again but it , it 's got to be vocational .
28 ‘ Just because you 're married does n't mean you 've got to be Siamese twins , ’ I said loftily .
29 Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well .
30 ‘ But when you 're in big business like I am , you 've got to be hot stuff at arithmetic .
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