Example sentences of "'ve [verb] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shuffling all those bodies about to get it all nice and tidy , I think would not only be an enormous exercise , it would be a waste of time , because people do n't stay fixed in aspic once you 've placed them in the right place ; they change , they progress , they regress or whatever . |
| 2 | I 'd actually go a bit further and say yes we 'd like to do this , can we also look after road maintenance as well , because the road maintenance is sent out to contractors , contractors are so busy , they ca n't actually do half this work , they 've got a list as long as your arm , so pit pitfalls in in the pavements as well as as some of the motorways are n't being done because the contract 's been placed , but they 've placed it with the wrong people . |
| 3 | No I 'll let you do it , I , I 've pointed you in the right direction |
| 4 | ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call . |
| 5 | ‘ I rang the airport straight away — they 've booked me on the first flight out . |
| 6 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 7 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 8 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 9 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 10 | But , then when you 've done it to the best of your ability and you ca n't really see the rewards , then you have to analyse why . |
| 11 | And I 've done it with the same manager — Harry Bassett . ’ |
| 12 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've seen plenty in the last few months . ’ |
| 14 | yeah , I 've seen it in the last day or two |
| 15 | During all our alterations I 've seen it in the old garage away up in a loft and I 've seen it put out in the back yard in the rain , and I 've always saved it and it 's there today . |
| 16 | I 've named it after the viral strain I developed it from . |
| 17 | You 've got me on the touhgest part of the course and I 'm quite out of breath . |
| 18 | But I 've got one in the do-it-yourself shop here you see , and I thought I might as well put one in Val 's two shops . |
| 19 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 20 | And then you 've got him on the right hand side look making cheese , this is brother again , that 's not brother . |
| 21 | When you 've got it to the final fold there you 've got your ordinary |
| 22 | I 've got you in the common room I think anyway . |
| 23 | And from then on you 're done — they 've got you by the short hairs . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've relieved him of the financial burden , but we both share the interest of the place . ’ |
| 25 | This kind of thing has an unsettling effect on a player but fortunately David is a level-headed lad and I 've told him about the latest situation . |
| 26 | We 've had it into the major research laboratories around the world who specialise in security . |
| 27 | ‘ Is n't that why you 've avoided me like the very plague ever since I 've been here ? ’ |
| 28 | And they 've clouted it from the outside going in . |
| 29 | Causes of change are many — the government , the unions , OPEC , the Argentines , company mergers , new brooms , technological change , recession , unemployment , legislation , EEC — you name it , you 've experienced it in the last few years . |
| 30 | He said , ‘ What I 've done , I 've left everything in the top drawer so that it 's all easier for my wife when I die . |