Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Erm and I mean you 've obviously got to judge a bit your own capacity
2 ‘ But you must remember it 's only provisional pole and I 've got two young tigers either side of me that will be going much quicker tomorrow so we 've all got to find a bit of speed . ’
3 I 've only had to carry a pistol once , just a few hours .
4 We 've only got to put a go faster stripe on a Skoda and chan , change the wheels and we 've got a different product we 've got a diff , yes , we 've got a fast skip as opposed to a slow one , alright .
5 I 've only got to put a jumper on and get my bag .
6 Just take the back off and and you 've only got to undo a couple of clips and take the pump off .
7 You work out how much tape I 'm going to have to take out , if I 've only got to edit a minute out of what you 're saying .
8 I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ?
9 They were watching , because a machine rolling around by itself is something that you do watch , even if you 've just had to climb a tree or hide behind a hedge .
10 Oh yes , we definitely needed the three points today , you know , before the game we were looking to get three points erm to get one out of it we are disappointed , but as I say , the way we 've played second half , we 've just got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we did n't get beat .
11 Sometimes you 've just got to take a chance and dive in . ’
12 Excuse me a sex , I 've just got to grab a tissue , I seem to have been ‘ dancin ’ sic too hard .
13 I 've just got to find a record here hang on .
14 ‘ I 've just got to get a picture of this , ’ he muttered .
15 ‘ Hold on , ’ came Dad 's voice from inside the pantry , ‘ I 've just got to clear a space . ’
16 I buy everything from him but I 've got to buy another tumble dryer erm I 've been drying clothes off in the house and the three men and all them well two of them wearing work wear jeans and the next one that comes in will be wearing jeans , it 's no go I just can not dry stuff off in the house , I 've just got to have a tumble .
17 ‘ When I wake up in the morning I 've just got to have a packet , ’ she says .
18 ‘ I 've just got to make a phone call . ’
19 ‘ In fact , I 've already tried to raise a bank loan in order to do that very thing — but I had no luck .
20 I 've always wanted to know a Winterbotham . ’
21 Well we 've always wanted to have a go at windsurfing ; visit Ibiza Town … or perhaps just climb back onto that sunbed !
22 ‘ Never mind , I 've always wanted to have a go . ’
23 They had , there , there was a small section still made kettles during the war cos I mean kettles wore out , wear out just the same , you 've still got to have a kettle or a bucket , but erm that 's like everything else there was only , only a small section so they was in short supply .
24 I 've also ventured to draft a letter re the academic people , and would suggest you consider putting in ( University of Stirling ) and ( University of Edinburgh ) as telephone contact points , so that they can — if their peer group is interested — speak as participating members about the benefits of membership .
25 Can I just say from a practical point of view , primary classes are fairly static sort of places , you 've got the teacher in the class all day , and if they say well let's have a micro in our classroom today that can be done , whereas a secondary teacher tends to wander round the school with a load of books under one arm and a bag of equipment under the other arm , and they 've also got to carry a micro round or move a micro from one classroom to another — it 's physically difficult , so in practice the primary teachers seem to find it easier to fit in with micros .
26 Where we 've got those conditions great , but we 've also got to find a trade unionism for the rest and the growing majority of employees in Britain .
27 I mean you 've really got to have a fridge in this day and age have n't you ?
28 They 've now agreed to build a causeway across the lake and a roof covering the path through the building site .
29 When painting during redecorating , I 've sometimes had to remove a telephone cable and staples from the skirting , to make a neat job of it , rather than paint over the cable .
30 ‘ I 've never managed to arrange a trip abroad with these boys until now , ’ says Jim , ‘ but hopefully it wo n't be their last . ’
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