Example sentences of "'ve [verb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ( I 've filled in a couple to get you started . ) |
2 | And then you 've filled in a works situations |
3 | I 've broken down a lot more than I ever have over the last three months . |
4 | I had six days — time to make myself an evening gown ( evening gowns are n't funny ) that drops to pieces ( how ? ) after I 've fallen down a flight of stairs . |
5 | We 've heard quite a bit of it tonight . |
6 | Well I 've heard quite a lot of it so why I should bring the subject up then everyone started talking about it . |
7 | and I , I mean I , I think we 've heard earlier a lot o , people who , people who 've who have become carers because they need that , they need to care for somebody , and they want that dimension in their life . |
8 | have you had enough , you 've eat quite a lot have n't you ? |
9 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
10 | You see , we 've picked up a thief who had a cape he admits to stealing . |
11 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
12 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
13 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
14 | ‘ We 've picked up a distress signal . |
15 | You 've picked up a book — you might even have bought it — that you thought was about cancer , but all you 're getting is an incoherent autobiography about an unknown . |
16 | I think once you 've let loose a case like this , it will be very hard to contain it . |
17 | You 've let out a bag of trouble for yourself , ’ said Lucenzo harshly . |
18 | But I 've come down a bit now . |
19 | No well er I , I expect you 've caught up a bit now have n't you ? |
20 | When they 've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed , warm it up nice . |
21 | When you 've saved up a card , I do n't know how many there are in it you got a pound worth of gifts at |
22 | Well , sometime Wednesday you go , you really go through it cos you you 're not you 're not halfway through but you 're still but you 've done quite a bit . |
23 | Well , it is really strange , because I 've done quite a lot of stage work , but it 's funny because a lot of people — even other film actors — do n't know about it . |
24 | Erm I do recognise some faces , I know some of you recognise me and eh cos we 've done quite a lot of things together , but this afternoon what I 'm going to tell you about is how I fit in with Council , I do n't think any of you know that or know what the Local Government Unit is . |
25 | Yes , it 'll be worth following that up , cos that 's , that 's one of the erm , they , they 've done quite a lot of work of Amnesty and general studies in the past , there was a sheet of sort of quotes of , how good the Amnesty was , and there was one from the teacher at Birchwood or what , what 's Margaret Dane School , so erm , yes , if , if you could definitely follow that up erm John |
26 | But at the moment , I can not speak with the same feeling of achievement about caring for er , elderly , the elderly relative , whereas I think I can say with conviction we 've done quite a lot for those with small children . |
27 | So how we , so there was no obvious leader and how are we gon na pull ourselves ah ahead , well we have to improve our media coverage and we 've done quite a lot on that , John 's been very successful in getting quite a lot of media coverage both for individuals within the firm and for the the firm as a whole . |
28 | Yeah , I 've read I do n't think I 've read every thousand pages of it , but I 've , I 've I 've done quite a lot of of it yes . |
29 | So they went up there and did that , and then , I ca they 've done quite a lot and then they 're going up London tomorrow , I think . |
30 | We 've missed out a shot of Bernard which has to be done over Miriam 's shoulder — which is now 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean with the rest of her . |