Example sentences of "[pron] 've [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My whole family background has been responsible , in a way , for , by virtue of the example of my parents , for my distress at witnessing prejudice , whether it be colour , or religious , or whatever , and intolerance , and so on , and I 've wanted to do a subject about South Africa for a long time , and this was enhanced erm obviously when I made Ghandi because , as you know , the first twenty odd years of Ghandi 's life |
| 2 | ‘ I 've wanted to do a marathon for a long time , but it would be silly to run one without putting it to use . |
| 3 | I 've arranged to borrow a Fieseler Stork from the Luftwaffe . |
| 4 | I sit and think how I 've struggled to get a home together , and within a couple of minutes it 's all smashed up . |
| 5 | I 'm going over to Lancaster next week , and I 've fixed to see an archaeologist chap at the university . |
| 6 | ‘ I make no judgments on man or woman , perhaps because I make no judgments on myself — or my wife I 've managed to preserve a friendship between husband and wife living thousands of miles apart , and that 's nae a bad achievement . ’ |
| 7 | I think we should have , I , I 've borrowed , I 've managed to borrow a set of change as well |
| 8 | As I say , I 'll get it back to you just as soon as I 've managed to make a copy of it . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm using it for Tottenham fair on third , second or third of er July , but only because I 've managed to get a P C enthusiastic about doing it and he 's gon na man it for the day . |
| 10 | Then he said , ‘ I 've managed to get a sprinkling of young men , and there 's one in particular I 'd like you to meet . ’ |
| 11 | Erm , I 've managed to write an essay or two , would you |
| 12 | I 've promised to keep an eye on you . ’ |
| 13 | Because I 've had to spend a couple of nights in a porchway ? ’ |
| 14 | I 've had to get a padlock to lock it away . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've come to make a complaint . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've come to make an accusation . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've come to discuss a deal I 'd like to do with you , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've started to look a bit like her now . ’ |
| 19 | All the companies I 've spoken to accept an invoice as proof of ownership when it comes to either competitive or normal upgrades . |
| 20 | I 've failed to produce an essay yet again . |
| 21 | I 've tried to adapt an adult 's one but have n't been very successful . |
| 22 | years and years I 've tried to get a pen I was |
| 23 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |
| 24 | I 've tried to make a start already . |
| 25 | For example , a neighbour may ask ‘ what are you doing ? ’ and the elder can say ‘ I 've got to spend a penny , it 's these new tablets ’ , or ‘ I 'm going into town for some firelighters ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got to see a man about a job , ’ she said . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's why I 've got to see a man about a job . ’ |
| 28 | I know you 've got a decent hand you fucking arsehole , I 've got to ask a question now as well have n't I ? |
| 29 | I 've got to invent a melody about erm all of minor scales . |
| 30 | ‘ Brian , ’ she said , ‘ I 've got to do a project on art and commercialism . |