Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I would say is this that the management , whilst they very rarely agree with what Eric has got to say I 've never met a member of management at any level , at any level that does n't respect what he 's got to say and that 's a tremendous , er psychological blow before they even get round the table , because he 's completely disarming and his record in terms as vic er for , of victories , for individual members and groups of mem er , members , er , is legendary and I think apart from his ability it 's the respect in which he 's held by , by everybody , by everybody . |
| 2 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd began to think I 'd got this agoraphobia whatever it is , I never wanted to go out . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't imagine a real gold-digger would have consented to marry me to get her hands on that , do you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 've come to persuade me to accept the pension , have n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | Even now I am ashamed when I think of the night I ‘ let fly ’ to one of our best auxiliary nurses who had come to ask me to help when I was just going off duty . |
| 7 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , Blanche , you 've got to let me go . |
| 9 | Oh it 's hopeless trying to help you in n it , you 're so independent you wo n't have no one help you and the pen 's not coming out , see you 're not doing it right I do n't mind helping you , but you 've got to let me show you , now go all the way along , round the Q , come round here , come round here , round here , back along , stop . |
| 10 | " Wes , " I said ; " You 've got to let me put him to sleep . " |
| 11 | Oh , I 'm careful with the brush , I 'm careful , obviously with a brush and comb , I 'd hate to , hate to jab it well we 've got to go I suppose . |
| 12 | it would be very interesting to hear what they 've got to say I mean especially someone who wants to cut them down I ca n't understand anyone wanting to cut trees down unless they 're dangerous . |
| 13 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 14 | You 've got to remember I did n't know him all that well . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've got to help me choose now , darling — would you like me in red , green or blue and white flowers ? ’ |
| 16 | That 's true , that is true , well I 've got to get me shopping , see you then . |
| 17 | I mean having found you know this sine is the opposite over the hypotenuse tan is basically what you 've got to find I suppose is which two sides of the triangle you 're using . |
| 18 | He says it 's me wife and she 's as mad as hell , and they says yeah we can hear her from here and s must 've said summat about writing and she starts bawling and shouting , oh summat about you 've got to write I want a letter by Friday , you 're not messing me about no more , you 're not talking to him you 're talking to me . |
| 19 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 20 | And this is the second day you 've refused to let me bring my bedding up . |
| 21 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 22 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 23 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 24 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 25 | I suppose er he feels that he 's got to go I expect |
| 26 | So now Steve 's got to take me to bank , mini bank , to get some money cos I 've got none . |
| 27 | I mean , one 's , one 's entitled to ask I think if there is no problem , if we only have vacancies of two or three in our elderly persons homes throughout the county wh erm why on earth did the director of the social serv , did the director of social services and his deputy at the meeting on the twenty fifth of August of the social services committee , say that this was the greatest problem which was facing this council . |