Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 You 've completed an excellent assignment .
7 Hands up all those who 've received an indecipherable fax , where the print quality is appalling , where a staple has scratched the scanner , where the original document got stuck as it passed through the sending machine .
8 We 've developed a new design to make your selection of CompuAdd PC systems , peripherals and accessories all the easier .
9 At Hulsta they 've developed a new process .
10 We 've developed a fertile strain .
11 But over the last year or so we 've developed a solid state equivalent , which has no moving parts at all .
12 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 .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 I 've travelled a long way today . ’
15 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 .
16 Already I 've heard a Finnish businessman say in The Palace restaurant ‘ Those Goddamn Yanks are coming . ’
17 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 .
18 Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this
19 ‘ I 've heard a funny story and I 'm ringing to ask you if there 's any truth in it .
20 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 .
21 They 've heard a relieving fleet 's on the way . ’
22 I 've designed a new yacht which we believe stands an excellent chance of winning the next round-the-world race .
23 I 'd say offhand , they 've dropped a monstrous spanner in our works . ’
24 ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on .
25 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 !
26 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
27 ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 You 've come a long way in a short time . ’
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