Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is a terrible irony that although they are invisible to the planners all of us who 've travelled in developing countries can not fail to have noticed these children out of school .
2 I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’
3 I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with and what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’
4 A hundred and fifty films , television and video productions they 've attracted in four years .
5 You 're only the second Scot I 've met in ten months . ’
6 oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done
7 But are n't , are n't changes are n't these changes er in Russia and in China forced upon them to a degree by circumstances , by the fact that the outside world immediately withdraws and opposes a rising of the people as a whole against the established government er I mean we 've seen in recent times with Iran and so on have n't we ?
8 I mean he was saying look we 're going to go out and we 're going to market Britain to the overseas visitors and they do bring a lot of money into this country , but I mean are we really going to get back to the levels that we 've seen in recent years ?
9 I do n't support this blanket band of reducing surplus places for the sake of reducing surplus places , like the district auditor , and if quote right , it 's an accountant looking at erm , looking at figures and nothing else , and I think that is the problem with the issue , erm , we 've seen in other schools , in larger schools , where they 've developed erm , classrooms into a decent library , or resource area , but in the , in the , in the overall spectrum they 're still counted as classroom spaces , and if that classroom was put back er in , into a class , the school would suffer environmentally , because that school would have no library facilities , no resource facilities which it 's able to appreciate at the present time .
10 Give you an analysis of your client bank , it 'll tell you how many you 've seen this year , how many you 've seen in two years , three years , four years , and it frightens the senior associates who have got maybe eight hundred , a thousand clients , and it said , seen in the last four years , and it 's got twenty .
11 Moving to page three , is the revised estimates for your Committee for the current year , and you 'll see there , the format is somewhat to the one you 've seen in future years , we have had
12 I came back with scent bottles at £2.50 each , which I 've seen in British stores for over £50 .
13 well , when I say that it 's the best opportunity for peace I 've seen in twenty years .
14 It was as bad as I 've seen in 60 years . ’
15 although that is the only error I 've made in these figures I , not myself
16 and try to forget — I 've written in crowded trains .
17 ‘ Mind you , I 've been shocked by some of the secrets I 've uncovered in ordinary bedrooms .
18 And for someone in my position to make a jump from one thing to another and to be feeling better than I 've felt in ten years , feeling like I 'm at the top of my game creatively at the moment , must mean that I 've grown in the making of this album .
19 The inquiry focussed on the deaths of four young addicts picked as a cross section of the scores who 've died in recent years .
20 Lot number thirty four Lot number thirty four the okimono there 's the okimono showing eighty pounds for this one is offered , at eighty pounds I 've got in two places , at eighty pounds , eighty five in the centre , at eighty five is bid and selling for eighty five it 's yours sir at eighty five , ninety to my right , ninety five going on sir ?
21 oh yes I know what I was going to say , something else I mentioned to Keith was that one of the busiest members of staff that we 've got in many ways I think is Gail .
22 You have unspend , you have spent , and you actually spent more than we 've got in some instances .
23 It 's more than we 've had in recent years , judging by the general
24 Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities .
25 ‘ This is the first afternoon aff I 've had in five weeks , ’ Andy accepted the cigarette and lit it .
26 It 's the first vacation I 've had in seven years .
27 Now that is not as significant an increase as we 've had in previous years .
28 Would have they put when they put the boiler in cos the boiler w we 've had in three years .
29 This is the worst summer as we 've had in these parts for a century , they do say . ’
30 It was one of the very best I 've spent in 30 years of climbing round the world .
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