Example sentences of "'ve [verb] a [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've heard a funny story and I 'm ringing to ask you if there 's any truth in it . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 4 | We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast . |
| 5 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 6 | And if we put a little bit more effort into specifying requirements more tightly , then there 'd be less argument at the end of the day as to whether we 've done a good job or a bad job . |
| 7 | She said er did she go to your mum , Oh you 've done a good job and |
| 8 | Or you 've done a tiny bit and you need something that 's not |
| 9 | I 've done a terrible thing and I 'm being chased right now Vic well more or less like you know . |
| 10 | But I 've done a generalised thing that could be adapted . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've made a poor start and we have worked out why . |
| 12 | I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch . |
| 13 | I 'm pleased we 've gone away probably , you know , we 've made a few friends because everbody 's just said to me how well we 've played and you know , it was a great game and all that kind of stuff , so that pleases me , I just do n't like losing . |
| 14 | If you 've written a fun game and want to make your fortune , sling the tape and rob a bank ! |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Oh yes , I mean if there 's that you 're good at or if you 've got a good idea that 's simply fun I 'm sure all young people would be really willing to help . |
| 18 | I 've got a good idea and this time it 'll work . ’ |
| 19 | I 've got a good job and , although I 'm not going out with anybody right now , I have a lot of close friends . |
| 20 | Brian Horton says they 're really looking forward to it … it 's going to be a tough season … but they 've got a good team and are going to play adventerous football |
| 21 | ‘ I 've got a new manager and agent and I do n't think the word the word ‘ rest ’ is in their vocabulary . |
| 22 | I 've got a new car and it 's already got 23,000 on the clock , and three-quarters of that must be to the club . ’ |
| 23 | They 've got a new tank and new . |
| 24 | Yes I 've got a hazy recollection but . |
| 25 | I do n't remember maybe I 've got a poor memory but er I ca n't remember you mentioning that the erm area committee but er there was erm going to be another block there and that er , the er this er trust , er Environment Trust had let one of the Northbrooks er and consulted with the Northbrook 's people ? |
| 26 | Well I 've got a crafty Roger because he 's took the cheese three times . |
| 27 | I 've got a shattered arm as well which means that I can really use only one arm , but I have to keep the muscles in the other one going as far as I can . ’ |
| 28 | How do you spell preparatory school , if you 've got a prep school and it cou |
| 29 | I have n't got any and I 've got a terrible headache and I |
| 30 | I 've got a terrible feeling that I 'm going to need it ! ’ |