Example sentences of "'ve [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall . |
| 2 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 3 | I 've given a whole chapter to my constituency . |
| 4 | Erm , so I 'm hoping that that will work , it 's it 's down in the diary for him to do that , and and I 've given a little note about what the Adult School is all about . |
| 5 | Try making a " clean start " — say , on the hour — and do n't give up until you 've completed a reasonable work stint . |
| 6 | We 've developed a new design to make your selection of CompuAdd PC systems , peripherals and accessories all the easier . |
| 7 | At Hulsta they 've developed a new process . |
| 8 | We 've developed a fertile strain . |
| 9 | But over the last year or so we 've developed a solid state equivalent , which has no moving parts at all . |
| 10 | In Russia for example we intend to launch a small partnership fund to support small projects promoted by the voluntary agencies in the United Kingdom who 've developed a wide range of connections with their Russian counterparts . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’ |
| 12 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 13 | For starters , they 've witnessed a marked shift in the make-up of their audience : though there 's a sprinkling of residual bagginess in tonight 's crowd , the lion 's share of the faithful fit the dishevelled , T-shirted stereotype of the diehard pop kid . |
| 14 | Already I 've heard a Finnish businessman say in The Palace restaurant ‘ Those Goddamn Yanks are coming . ’ |
| 15 | And sir the other strand which we 've heard a good deal about has been the nature of the vegetative screen which occurs between D thirty nine and D forty on the one hand , and land to the north of it on the other . |
| 16 | Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this |
| 17 | ‘ I 've heard a funny story and I 'm ringing to ask you if there 's any truth in it . |
| 18 | We 've heard a little bit of , about the Three-Ninetieth Group and we could go on and on because it certainly is indeed er historic organization . |
| 19 | They 've heard a relieving fleet 's on the way . ’ |
| 20 | I 've designed a new yacht which we believe stands an excellent chance of winning the next round-the-world race . |
| 21 | I 'd say offhand , they 've dropped a monstrous spanner in our works . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on . |
| 23 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 24 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 26 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 27 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 28 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
| 29 | We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as … |
| 30 | We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler . |