Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They nearly came to scratching each other because Janice says they 've only got an old banger . |
2 | I 've only got an old one |
3 | ‘ I 've just received an important telex . |
4 | ‘ And that did n't cause what you 've just called an international incident ? ’ |
5 | However , I 've just spent an interesting few minutes with my nose in line with the needles , gingerly winding the transfer carriage along with the ribber on half pitch — all in the interests of this article you understand , while hoping I would n't damage the transfer needle ! |
6 | We 've been averaging over a quarter of a million customers a week and an indicative of this is that recently in the last week , we 've just opened an additional three thousand car parking spaces to take our grand total up to twelve thousand spaces . |
7 | Well it 's , we 've just had an ordinary wash have n't we ? |
8 | ‘ I 've just had an urgent radio message from Max Stoner in London . ’ |
9 | But a test called chorionic villus sampling is available to check the developing embryo in mothers who 've already had an affected child . |
10 | The action taken by his parents has prompted detectives to review the case , but they say they 've always kept an open mind . |
11 | ( Actually I think I 've still got an old match report of yours somewhere — the game v Chelsea in April ‘ 92 where C*ntona scored That Goal , what a day that was ! ) |
12 | I 've also got an early '60s L-series Strat and I 've never played a better Strat than that one , but I do n't use it live in case I lose it . |
13 | We do some in-house , and we 've also got an outside researcher called Norman Pickering who has a home laboratory where he can do just about anything … |
14 | ‘ I 've also got an old ‘ 57 brown sunburst which I do n't take out on the road , as last time it got knocked over twice , and I do n't want it to get battered any more . |
15 | We 've also got an excellent DOS screen saver to prevent image burn-in on your screen . |
16 | After all it was introduced , and Mrs Thatcher has made a great deal of the fact that it is a head tax not a property tax , it 's the voters she wants answerable , well I 've yet to find an empty house that voted . |
17 | ‘ You 've certainly got an odd collection here , ’ said Finn . |
18 | I 've never attended an international conference in my life . ’ |
19 | ‘ I 've never seen an exploded working diagram of a goose . ’ |
20 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've never met an amnesiac . ’ |
21 | ‘ And I 've never met an electronic sailor . |
22 | No , I 've never used an extra window . |
23 | I 've never had an honorary degree before , in fact I come from a generation which found it difficult to get to university so I did n't have a degree of any kind |
24 | ‘ I 've never recommended an induced birth to a pregnant woman merely in order to fit in with my golfing schedule , ’ Matt said . |
25 | But as a consequence of all that work , we 've actually gained an additional five hundred and seventy pounds grant from the church commissioners , from the Scouts and from the Cathedral Council for this new additional work . |