Example sentences of "[pron] 've [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've sent them a big consignment of wine , I 'm in that as well as the grocery , and I 'd love to know how it 's selling . " |
2 | I 've sent you a young man who loves horses as you do , and who can continue your work with them . |
3 | Since talking to Anita , my neighbour , about my weight loss and panic about putting it back on , I 've discovered what a low opinion I have of myself . |
4 | Well we kept on like that and er er people like that we were packing up wholesale so erm I 've lost myself a little bit now . |
5 | You see , and , I , I now I 've handled it a little bit better , but I could n't focus much at all this morning . |
6 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
7 | Christ all bloody mighty , she was thinking , I 've landed myself a good one here ! |
8 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
9 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
10 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
11 | Yeah , I 've noticed it a wee bit |
12 | ‘ You 'll stay right where you are until I 've made you a hot drink . |
13 | Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought . |
14 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
15 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
16 | ‘ Do n't forget who you 're talking to here — I 've known you a long time , remember ? |
17 | Oh god I 've give you a bloody handful now so that was stupid . |
18 | ‘ I 've brought you a lovely cup of tea , Mum , ’ I said . |
19 | ‘ I thought we might hear the nine o'clock news — I 've brought you a hot-water bottle . ’ |
20 | They moved across to the bar together , and the stranger explained , ‘ No , we 've not met , but I 've watched you a good many times — in the ring . ’ |
21 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
22 | I 've got you a present but I have to find it — and yours , Alan . |
23 | I 've got us a nice bit of meat pie for supper and a lovely fresh bit of bread , I expect you 're starving . ’ |
24 | ‘ I 've drawn you a little map , ’ he said . |
25 | Erm And yes you 've guessed it an old Motown hit from erm back in the sixties . |
26 | " You 've led me a merry dance , I must say . " |
27 | You 've still got the problem of addressing praise , because quite often you 've only , if you 've given somebody a specific task then it 's easy to praise or not to praise in that situation , but if they 've just come in , done their job and gone home , you know , just sat on a checkout for four hours , right it 's my time to leave , then , if they 've done nothing out of the blue , extraordinary , so they do n't do anything wrong , or , you know . |
28 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
29 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
30 | You 've given him an adverse marking . |