Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( I 've filled in a couple to get you started . )
2 I 've broken down a lot more than I ever have over the last three months .
3 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 .
4 There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away .
5 You see , we 've picked up a thief who had a cape he admits to stealing .
6 I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients
7 ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind .
8 I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT .
9 ‘ We 've picked up a distress signal .
10 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 .
11 You 've let out a bag of trouble for yourself , ’ said Lucenzo harshly .
12 But I 've come down a bit now .
13 No well er I , I expect you 've caught up a bit now have n't you ?
14 When they 've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed , warm it up nice .
15 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
16 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 .
17 Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents …
18 And er over the years we 've built up a reputation I know is is a genuine one say that because I know that you 're going to appreciate this course and I use the term very very particularly you will enjoy it .
19 Since then , in the last seven years , we 've built up a market of 50,000 tonnes of it at good prices , under the name ‘ Andricite ’ — from anhydride and JCI . ’
20 ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years .
21 ‘ And now you 've built up an appetite for sampling some of the fish which may have been brought ashore here ? ’
22 He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves .
23 ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her .
24 ‘ When I 've made up a lie I can believe in , ’ came the reply .
25 ‘ I 've mapped out a route to take you round , but are you sure you do n't want me do the actual deliveries ?
26 Erm one wonders whether that 's erm wise in the long term because once you 've closed down a coal mine of course you ca n't er re-open it very easily because the roof falls in and it floods and effectively you have to start again from er from scratch .
27 We 've cleaned up a lot of parts of our city .
28 We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right .
29 You see this post standing up here now we 've got down a lot lower this time , in fact , I think , it 's the same post .
30 With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week …
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