Example sentences of "'ve [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 've arranged to borrow a Fieseler Stork from the Luftwaffe .
2 Recently signed to Gilles Peterson 's Talkin' Loud label at Phonogram , it 's here that they 've gathered to address the question of how the Great British music press is going to receive them .
3 I appreciate the time you 've given to answer the questions . ’
4 Near it is a fallen tree where I 've sat to watch the pair come and go . ’
5 Sorry to interrupt , I 've come to collect the packet .
6 They think you 're a field of rape , they 've come to suck the goodness out of you . ’
7 I 've come to declare the father to you .
8 I 'm here on urgent business , I 've come to save the world from self-destruction .
9 THE GALLEY SLAVES : I 've Come To Kill The President
10 We 've come to see the acting , we do not wish to understand the play ! ’
11 I think half the people who 've come to see the house suspect I 'm a sitting tenant . ’
12 We just thought , they said , oh , we 'll show you where it is , so we drove round there , and no , he was n't there , and , so of course , we drove back there about four or five times during the day , and like we drove past there one time and there was a woman standing outside , she said like , oh what do you want , I was like , oh well , we 've come to see the house .
13 ‘ I 've come to see the Fair , ’ I said conversationally .
14 He had a small gold cross about his neck and a quietly menacing air : ‘ I 've come to see the twins , ’ he said .
15 Tom thunders , ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ , and I try to tell him I 'm Albert Fyles and I 've come to take the place of his regular caddie .
16 ‘ No , maybe not , but even the routine work is interesting ; I 've enjoyed the accident prevention side of things and I 've come to realise the value of our chat-line ; then , of course , there 's my work at Conway House and I 've become totally involved with that .
17 And my second reason is that I 've come to doubt the futurologists , the people in the think tanks .
18 You know , I mean , what you 've come to stay the night ?
19 ‘ I 've come to discuss a deal I 'd like to do with you , ’ he said .
20 ‘ They 've come to steal the secrets of Sakkrat , ’ he said .
21 I 've come to read the meter .
22 ‘ Unless you 've come to lend a hand with the preparations ? ’
23 ‘ I 've come to make a complaint . ’
24 ‘ I 've come to make an accusation .
25 I glance round the hall like I 've come to change the wallpaper , thirty years late .
26 About 300 metres of each , I 've torn to make the covers so far but I 'm still doing it because each one has to be the right size and colour-coded by room .
27 Oh I 've got a horrible feeling I 've forgotten to put the milk in the fridge .
28 A good painting day , and you find your paint in the shed , but , oh dear , you 've forgotten to clean the paint brushes again .
29 The party is being held in a ballroom the size of Carnegie Hall and they 've forgotten to provide a podium so the people at the back have no idea you 're there .
30 If you 've forgotten to buy a card and the shops are all closed , simply cut out some funny or pretty pictures from magazines , paste them onto a piece of card and then write your own personalised message inside .
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