Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Marxists , petty bourgeois producers seem destined to be replaced by monopoly capital , while the advantages rendered by economies of scale have been sufficiently impressive for neo-classical economists to stress the unreality of atomistic competition . |
| 2 | No , I ca n't say I like any of these jobs — I do them because they 've got to be done : I 'm here and I 've got to do them ( all said in a dragging monotone ) . |
| 3 | slip through the net so far but they 've got to be done . |
| 4 | ‘ No , but they 've got to be done , and Shirley 's making the tea . ’ |
| 5 | Well yes , they 've got to be done . |
| 6 | yes , they 've got to be done . |
| 7 | And they 've got to be kept true . |
| 8 | I think it 's got to be , erm they 've got to be in because the , they 've got to be collected in October . |
| 9 | Cos they 've got to be collected on the fourteenth you see . |
| 10 | Whatever it might be that interests you , but something that you 've got to be thinking about , in your share time . |
| 11 | The Brighton-based fighter , who stopped Benn in their WBO middleweight title fight in November 1990 , added : I 've nothing to prove by fighting Benn again , so if we do meet I 've got to be given my passport to retirement . ’ |
| 12 | They 've got to be moved and I it 's , it 's , it 's a tremendous time |
| 13 | You , you 've got to be using that same towels , you know , that sort of thing . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've got to be kidding , pal . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've got to be kidding ! ’ yelped Margaret Lenham , as much astonished as afraid at the sight of what he planned to use for the operation : a knitting needle . |
| 16 | Put downs ( ‘ You 've got to be kidding ’ , ‘ Do n't be so stupid ’ ) . |
| 17 | Oh well , well they 've got to be taught have n't they ? |
| 18 | They 've got to be asked . |
| 19 | cos the people 've got to be living there . |
| 20 | Certainly , you 've got to be pigeon-holed into a market and people want to know whether I 'm white or black , which is something I 've never had to think about before . |
| 21 | you 've got to join the Liberal Party and you 've got to be related to Ian |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got to be rated doubtful but I 'm still hoping , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I 've got to be rated at number one , ahead of Fatima . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 've got to be joking ! ’ he scoffed . |
| 25 | You 've got to be joking . |
| 26 | We 've got to be joking , right ? |
| 27 | ‘ You 've got to be joking , ’ said Perdita hysterically . |
| 28 | So I says , ‘ You 've got to be joking . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 've got to be joking . ’ |
| 30 | You 've got to be joking ! |