Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 2 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 3 | Yes we 've approached on a regular basis we 've we approach |
| 4 | ‘ And so you 've come on a friendly visit ? ’ |
| 5 | I 've come to a tremendous decision today . |
| 6 | ‘ You see , ’ the chief inspector went on , ‘ I 've come to a dead end . ’ |
| 7 | I feel I 've come to a full stop and so does Toby . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 9 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 12 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're right — and that 's why I 've decided on a different plan , one that will keep us safely out of temptation 's way . ’ |
| 14 | Even close up the Mad Axe still has an air of quality about it and the finish is one of the best I 've seen on a Korean guitar . |
| 15 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 16 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 17 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 18 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 19 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 20 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 21 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 22 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 23 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 24 | But in our time , it 's very quiet now so we 've we 've moved into a different routine again , where I have two two sergeants out at one time , changing over er frequently so they do n't get bored . |
| 25 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 26 | I know , but , mum that , that was , that was five years ago , I mean I 've moved on a great deal since then |
| 27 | people who 've died in a similar way . |
| 28 | So , if you 've dreamed of a certain colour or pattern , you 'd be very unlucky not to find it in the Stoddard Templeton range . |
| 29 | They often agree to intercourse because they feel they must or they think they 've got to a certain age where they have to do it . |
| 30 | You know you always talk too much when you 've got over a bad turn . ’ |