Example sentences of "[vb base] we 've [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike .
2 It 's a chilly wind you know , I hope we 've got a better bus tonight
3 We 've , I mean we 've lost a hundred pound on the car .
4 You want , want to get the same amount , I mean we 've got a certain amount of water coming through that pipe ,
5 but I mean other than that , I , I , I 'd like to be dead cautious about that , I , I still think it 's early days , I know we 've made a great success , but it 's early days .
6 Which is a lot is n't it really , once we come down to it , you know we 've had a two solid hours of what God has been trying to teach us today .
7 Please for god 's sake stop playing Fairclough at the back — the defence is a shambles when he 's there — quite honestly I 'm getting pretty pissed off with Wilko — i know we 've had a long unbeaten run and we 're still second and he 's won us the championship etc etc and this is defenitely over reaction to last night but get rid of the fucking bastard and find us someone who 'll pick teams that can beat the Norwich 's and Man Utd7s of the league or we 'll be perenial mid table finishers .
8 On , on acquisitions , well running through the group , the best of banking er , er strategies to remain non capital intensive and strongly cash generative er , know , you know we 've had a twenty million investment erm , A & A er , a Swiss er , house , we 're extending our networks .
9 We know we 've got a superb quality product that 's why we 're happy to risk our money to prove it .
10 A lot of employment there , and important to the local economy and we 've managed to take some important initiatives in terms of helping the pensioners in the city , crime prevention , and other issues , so we think we 've done a reasonable job .
11 And I think we 've seen a good number of those erm from the Telegraph , the Mail and the Express , going to the Times .
12 Oh I think we 've had a marvellous winter
13 Well , I think we 've had a wide-ranging debate and I 'm very grateful to all members for er their input in into the debate .
14 I think we 've had a fair er debate on that .
15 ‘ Sir , can you come across to the Gun Shop ? 1 think we 've found a serious defect which could affect the Warrior fleet . ’
16 ‘ And we think we 've found a Roman villa . ’
17 But I think we 've got a good chance of getting into the play-offs and we 're capable of beating anyone on our day .
18 No I think we 've got a good .
19 I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects .
20 I also think we 've got a certain accessibility in our performance that people have n't really seen for a while : we 're willing to perform . ’
21 We 've got three at home and three away , but I always say that not many games have ever been won on paper , and I still think we 've got a great chance . ’
22 He said : ‘ We think we 've got a great potential that we have n't tapped in the past .
23 Now in this particular game it 's a limited overs game ; fifty overs a side , one side will win tomorrow er so there will be a definite result , and we think we 've got a strong side .
24 Possibly , you might be right , I think we 've got a bit more character in the side erm I think we 've got a better all round side than this time last year , to be honest .
25 Can I say , I , I can express concern about that because I think that in terms of funding I 've written A short term and B long term erm I think we 've got a short term problem and
26 I think we 've put a tremendous er amount of effort into trying to be a good neighbour ; we rely on the local community very heavily for it 's support if we 're going to exist and flourish in Oxford at all .
27 we call we 've got a special name for it we call it a quarter .
28 As I 've mentioned earlier , we 've we 've got a slight movement in the right direction .
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