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 .
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