Example sentences of "[pron] 've [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you , I 've seen more variety in a tin of sardines . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I 've seen more energy in a darts champion . |
| 4 | I mean I 've I 've chased more people off |
| 5 | I 've chased more people off than the security has . |
| 6 | I 've made more piece just that |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | I 've read more pages . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ‘ |
| 12 | I 've had more fun wiping the blood of a blue-bottomed bloggert off my broadsword than watching that pile of pus ! |
| 13 | I 've had more fun since I 've been forty , sexually than what I have all fucking . |
| 14 | I 've had more shooting practice out here in the fields with Davide than I 'll ever have in Caserta ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 've backed more shows than you lot have had hot dinners and I 've never seen anything like this . |
| 17 | Because I 've spent more time trying it . |
| 18 | Oh and I 've ordered more port and cigars from London . ’ |
| 19 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 20 | I 've got more patience than I used to have , and now I 've got responsibilities with the kids . |
| 21 | I 've got more work since I 've been open about my sexuality than before . |
| 22 | I 've got more money , I 've got more money than that and after I 've been , after , after I 've paid , after I 've paid the tax |
| 23 | I 've got more money , I 've got more money than that and after I 've been , after , after I 've paid , after I 've paid the tax |
| 24 | Erm , but sole , we 're looking at sole proprietor as well , there 's some good things in that , I E they 're cheap to set up , stuff like that , so they 're not bad as they go , but , I suppose well I 'll have to sell when I 've got more money , I did n't get any replies today not a single blooming one , I 'm a bit cheesed off , so erm , I think I might ring back that one of the ones that I did get a reply from and say thank you . |
| 25 | Really so that I 've got more lines up there , not like , when they 're I 've got plenty of lines you see . |
| 26 | I 've got more cards . |
| 27 | I 've got more straps and bloody cordless watches , everything , all over the place . |
| 28 | I 've got more time for him than either our lot or the Americans , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 29 | Geographically speaking again , if you put a lot of people in a small area , er you 'll get problems because , square yard for square yard , you 've go more people . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course , you talk more than I do because you 've 'ad more education than me . ’ |