Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] got to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something has obviously got to be done to make sure that these simple shelters , which are there to offer overnight shelter for anyone in need of it , are not used for holiday centres and the like . |
| 2 | I I think the aspiration has obviously got to be that the E C can grow . |
| 3 | The riff at the beginning of This Charming Man has just got to be one of the best guitar riffs ever ! |
| 4 | You have another country along that coast , Nigeria , which has just got to the stage where it 's got through its forest and it 's not exporting anything at all , if anything it 's importing . |
| 5 | For the bluff , reticent Arthur such wit suggests the Christmas spirit has already got to him but he added realistically that his decision depends on the state of the ground : ‘ If it 's bottomless he wo n't run . ’ |
| 6 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
| 7 | Er the sequence , I think , has also got to be done . |
| 8 | Your alloted space in purgatory is reserved the moment you decide , for whatever reason , that a bottle of excellent but inexpensive champagne ( Safeway £7.49 ) must make way for a grander counterpart like Bollinger ‘ 83 ( Sainsbury 's £20.45 ) or , if the devil has really got to you , Dom Perignon ‘ 82 ( £44.99 at Tesco ) . |
| 9 | Of course I must add a , a word of warning here , because whereas once upon a time many people used to be able to ring the Weather Centres or a Met Office to get their own personal forecast , which was very nice , we enjoyed doing this , it has now got to the stage where so many people are trying to ring us that we just can not deal with all the enquiries personally , and we 're looking into ways and means of erm providing forecasts of this sort of nature , they 're general sort of nature , by other means , such as radio and television . |
| 10 | ‘ A man 's finally got to you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Er — Jim 's just got to OK it with the boss , ’ he said uncertainly . |
| 12 | There 's just got to be a bit of a stamina question mark there . |
| 13 | You know with a balloon , there 's just got to be a better ways of doing it instead of having to use boring ways . |
| 14 | O K , so , that 's really all I 've got to say about living assurance , of all the , it 's just got to be , a brilliant contract , and if you can afford it , you need it yourself . |
| 15 | ‘ Sunderland 's just got to Wembley . |
| 16 | And the body thing 's always got to be second . |
| 17 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
| 18 | I I one 's always got to er balance that against for example Policy I eight which refers to small scale industrial development appropriate normally permitted in rural settlements . |
| 19 | There would be absolutely no u need to use an apostrophe because there 's no possession to follow it , it 's always got to be in that pattern of owner and possession , and if it 's one , then it 's before the s and if it 's more than one , it 's after the s . |
| 20 | it 's always got to be the dearest all the time |
| 21 | But either way , he 's still got to be ill . |
| 22 | Well it 's still got to be got rid of has n't it ? |
| 23 | ‘ One 's also got to be very careful to take account of the word ‘ contract ’ . |
| 24 | That 's now got to be paid out in increased insurance premiums . |
| 25 | That 's alright , play with it , there 's no point in saying anything to them Bev it 's now got to be proven and I say , if I can get it done and I can get it sent off , then they will point me in the right direction wo n't they ? |
| 26 | Yeah , I think it 's definitely got to be after the s in books , as it sounds as if there 's more than one of them . |