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

No	Sentence
1	Now if each of these engines for the dock can lift 1,200 pounds , and they can , Thomas , I 've checked with my assistant Murdoch five times … then they are not machines at all . ’
2	Yeah , twenty five says when once the householder has got up and locked the door and you start to stand outside and knock at the door saying sir open to us , but in answer he will say to you , I do not know where you are from , then you will start saying we ate and drank in front of you and we 've taught in our broad ways , but he will speak and say to you , I do not know where you are from , get away from me you are workers of unrighteousness
3	" It 's just as well , dear Sister Anne , from what I 've heard of my new mistress . "
4	I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’
5	‘ Ah , ’ she said , ‘ you 've come for your little mistress !
6	Okay so we 've looked at your current income and expenditure , what I 'd like to do now is move on to the future .
7	Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’
8	When Mac got out of the aircraft Fagan stormed up to him and said : " You are a bloody fool , Mac , look what you 've done with your inconsiderate taxying , blowing this shit all over the camp . "
9	But the really interesting bit about Rosemary Thorne 's appointment is not just that it 's newsworthy there 's only one other woman finance director in the country 's top 100 companies but what they 've done about her old job .
10	Now that you 've decided on our new club name send it off to — .
11	Congress , well I 've seen from my written report that the current material , building materials pay round has been an extremely tough one .
12	my parents and I both hope I 've grown to my full size now !
13	Oh you 've answered to my ugly name have you ?
14	Thank you and welcome back to White Hart Lane Peter ; I 've got with me United manager Brian Horton .
15	Well , welcome back to White Hart Lane Peter , I 've got with me United manager Brian Horton .
16	You know , everything I 've got in my bottom drawer she does anyway .
17	So I 'd say Peter ; he had more talent in a little finger than I 've got in my whole body — no exaggeration .
18	Er that one 's toffee that one you 've got in your right hand .
19	What you 've got in your back garden .
20	most people I 've talked to their little lads have been two before they started talking , seems to be very slow
21	I 've talked to his personal clerk .
22	‘ I 've talked to his particular friends .
23	I 've stuck to my old favourite —
24	After throwing 60.70 metres to qualify in eighth place , she confessed : ‘ That 's the hardest semi-final I 've encountered in my entire career .
25	‘ Half the room is wearing clothes they 've brought from your posh shop , ’ he said to Daisy .
26	She said levelly , ‘ I hope you 've recovered from your unfortunate accident , madame . ’
27	Sweet carpets : if you 've gone off your old talcum powder , shake it over the carpet before you do the vacuuming — it 's a great freshener .
28	I 've gone through her sterile trolley techniques until she can do them in her sleep , likewise all the other nurses . ’
29	‘ I suppose not , ’ Alyssia commented neutrally , then she said with a little more of her customary fire , ‘ although I feel as though I 've gone through my entire life with people doing what they felt was best for me . ’
30	It 's for this reason I 've gone against my initial instinct not to blow our own trumpet on this at the risk of provoking more ‘ bad loser ’ comments from certain people ( and let me stress I do n't mean the runners-up ) communicated to me .