Example sentences of "[pron] 've [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've smoked more while I 've been like this |
| 2 | I 've seen more energy in a darts champion . |
| 3 | ‘ At least I 've seen more of the town where I live than I ever saw from a carriage or on horseback . ’ |
| 4 | And of Katherine Hepburn : ‘ She ran the gamut of expressions from A to B. ’ One-liners that catch the eye include : The best play I ever slept through ; I 've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella ; I saw the play at a disadvantage — the curtain was up ; The scenery was beautiful but the actors got in front of it ; When Mr Wilbur calls his play Halfway to Hell , he underestimates the distance . ’ |
| 5 | I 've seen more of life than the majority of people my age . |
| 6 | I tell you , I 've seen more variety in a tin of sardines . |
| 7 | ‘ From our very first encounter , ’ Fen growled , ‘ I 've seen more of you without clothes than with them on . ’ |
| 8 | One interesting side-effect of all this is that I 've seen more of Britain than I ever did before , albeit through the windows of an armoured car . |
| 9 | I mean I 've I 've chased more people off |
| 10 | I 've chased more people off than the security has . |
| 11 | I 've made more piece just that |
| 12 | Billican looked over the rails at him on hearing his cries and replied quite dryly , " What the hell is he shouting about I 've drunk more beer than he 's swimming in " . |
| 13 | I 've read more pages . |
| 14 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 15 | He had 17 management jobs in total including Scotland , Chelsea , Manchester United , FC Porto and Queens Park Rangers , and he will be immortalised by his own self-deprecating one-liner , ‘ I 've had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus , but he used them better . ‘ |
| 16 | I 've had more fun wiping the blood of a blue-bottomed bloggert off my broadsword than watching that pile of pus ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 've had more of this than I can take . ’ |
| 18 | I 've had more shooting practice out here in the fields with Davide than I 'll ever have in Caserta ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had more relaxing lunches , ’ she admitted ruefully . |
| 20 | Old Crumwallis wo n't notice I 've had more than his miserly allowance . |
| 21 | I 've had more than enough of your little games , of your hintings and half-truths and double-meanings . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've had more than enough for tonight . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've had more enthusiastic greetings . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Not until I 've had more of their sweetness , ’ he pleaded , his thumb stroking one rosebud while his lips claimed the other . |
| 25 | Since I retired I 've had more time on my hands and I pass it , you might say , in reading and reflection on my area of interest . |
| 26 | I 've er this , the the er hoe-down , I 've been advertising since before Christmas er and er although we did n't inform the members till about three weeks ago something like that er I 've been telling everybody about it and I 've had more response from non-members than I 've had from members for it . |
| 27 | And it is not just the newspapers , I 've had more than my fair share of his election missives shoved through my letterbox along with all the other junk mail . |
| 28 | I 've had more fun since I 've been forty , sexually than what I have all fucking . |
| 29 | Mind you , I 've had more erm appeara more erm |
| 30 | I 've backed more shows than you lot have had hot dinners and I 've never seen anything like this . |