Example sentences of "you 've [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 've probably got a bit of cold coming on .
2 You 've probably got a bit of damp in there .
3 You 've probably sacrificed a lot to get to college — do n't let unresolved personal difficulties sabotage it for you .
4 Well , you 've just said a word , it costs three hundred pounds !
5 You 've just gone a lot quieter
6 The question begs , you have to say , How come when you 've just retarmacked a road That 's right , electricity board , gas , erm cable T V company ?
7 He rates the rush he gets from Ecstasy very highly : ‘ It 's like you 've just scored a goal in a football match for three hours . ’
8 He recalls that in 1981 , when he ‘ crossed over ’ to become the first , and so far only , sports writer ever to win the ‘ Journalist of the Year ’ Award , Colin Hart , a sports columnist with the Sun , approached him and said ‘ Congratulations Hughie , you 've just struck a blow for the Toy Department ! ’
9 Charles was all welcoming smiles , ‘ You 've just missed a board meeting , old man .
10 You 've just done a TV series and book about the history of climbing .
11 If you 've just done a 12-mile ridge-walk then I 'm sure nothing will be further from your thoughts , but if you plan a weekend away with a person you 've fancied for ages and somehow end up heading for a bothy , unless you are totally alone any thought of a fumble in the sleeping-bag should be out of the question .
12 Hang on hang on you 've just written a quarter you said four twelfths .
13 Now , if you can be reasonably precise , erm careful , about what the procedure to be followed is , you 've just written a program .
14 you 've just finished a course of antibiotics , have n't you ?
15 So you 've just got a curtain round it ?
16 Trevor with respect you 've just wasted a hell of a lot of time for you and me have n't you ?
17 you 've just bought a car or you 've got a car you can take it and the police look over it to see if it 's alright .
18 And you 've just bought a house .
19 Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause .
20 As for ‘ bookmatched ’ , well … imagine you 've just lifted a book from a library shelf .
21 you 've just taken a knock you did n't get the job , it 's not to say a job wo n't come up again now what you gon na do give up or keep trying ?
22 ‘ And you 've just had a holiday . ’
23 Well you can go on wanting you 've just had a biscuit piglet .
24 No you ca n't my darling , you 've just had a piece of
25 So I said well it 's only when you 've just had a baby like , you know , like cows .
26 The only problem will arise if somebody thinks you 've simply lost a will , which does occasionally happen , and then they turn to the copy to try and prove it .
27 And then if you want to read some literature and talk about some of the things which Once you 've said what questions you want to ask you 'll want to read some stuff You 've either read a lot of it already , the stuff you 've done today is useful , and do a bit of your essay saying , This is what the literature says , so we did an experiment to test this aspect and here 's the results we found , let's discuss this .
28 You 've also got a back-up file called Sarah dot P K shriek .
29 Joe said , ‘ If you 've been billed , then you 've also had a statement giving the number that she called you from . ’
30 Are you 've not had a look at my list here ?
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