Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ None of the neighbours knew what Mike was doing , and we 've since had some nasty scenes .
2 Well , you 've obviously had some bad experiences , but I think one of the , one of the best defences is actually not to sell your wares , I mean who 's interested in your wares , but actually to try and state what you 're doing in such a way that it is of some interest .
3 They 've all got that smelly stuff on their hair . ’
4 I 've only done one domestic story in 3 years ; all my work has been international , political .
5 I 've only seen that precise colour once before . ’
6 Well I 've only had two this morning .
7 You know , I 've only got that little bit on top
8 I 'm afraid I , I 've only got one spare tape recorder and I 've lent it to somebody already erm
9 I 'm losing power on the straights , and the three of you had better work at it because I 've only got one more chance ! ’
10 You 've only got two that way you get me off thank you .
11 It was from a woman and we 've only got two female suspects , Parkin 's wife and Jane Pargeter . ’
12 otherwise you 've only got two open days when you
13 I 've only got eight more things to get her , I 've already spent about , I do n't know , sixty quid on her .
14 Well they 've only got little tiny bits of writing on .
15 I 've got only one two three I 've only got three main presents and four bits .
16 That 's what I said you 've only got this last Saturday and then like next Thursday next week is your last weeks and then you 've got still two weeks clear before Christmas .
17 So far they 've only recived one such call , and it was of little use .
18 Aah 've only come this last couple o' years because we was indoors .
19 ‘ I 've just seen all these Chinooks taking off .
20 I would n't say it was any better , I do n't know whether it is or not , but I 've just done one good thing , it 's got the bed shifted
21 So it 's find out what works and what does n't so that 's integration at work if you like why it 's useful you 've just done simple harmonic motion .
22 My name 's Rory , and I 've just sailed this darn thing from Tennessee . ’
23 I 've just swallowed fifteen ten pence pieces !
24 She sighed , then said more briskly , ‘ But come in , and have a drink with me — I 've just made some fresh lemonade — and we 'll talk about the furniture .
25 I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we 've just won two away games .
26 Okay , now I 've just used this one example , but if you look at erm each other and one another there is also a reflective pronoun to find that they work in the same way in the appropriate antecedents and it also works for quantifier pronoun relations every girl admires herself which is fine but herself admired every girl does n't make a whole lot of sense .
27 And I 've just paid four pigging quid !
28 I 've just had two great jockeys John Francombe and Jonjo O'Neill phone me and they both agree it 's time I got out and I should be pleased they tell me
29 ‘ I 've just had some bad news , ’ William said .
30 I 've just had this new hoover bought me for Christmas , and he comes home from work and I say it only took me five minutes to do the stairs , and all this sort of thing , because it used to take so long before .
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