Example sentences of "'ve [verb] [to-vb] a lot " in BNC.

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1 You 've you 've made it clear with him that you discriminate quite clearly between the people that go back to work because they 've got children or they 've got l lot of finan and they 've got to do a lot of financial obligations and those who who do n't .
2 And I think we 've got to do a lot more to put this sort of thing right .
3 You 've got to devote a lot of time to the care and attention that it requires .
4 We 've got to eat a lot more chicken now the doctor 's said that he 's got
5 Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were .
6 You 've got to have a lot of confidence .
7 The response is coming through slowly , but we 've had to take a lot of initiatives on our own and we are hoping that others will come and support and back these initiatives .
8 So we 've had to do a lot of work ourselves , including researching carefully that we are doing something worthwhile . ’
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