Example sentences of "'ve got an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , I often employ builders on the basis that they 've got an honest face only to find they 've nicked my buckets , added unnegotiated noughts on to their invoices and buggered up the plumbing but … |
| 2 | The milkman only ever knocks on the door to ask for his money when he 's two hours earlier than usual and he 's in a chirpy , joking and whistling mood — while you 've got an awful hangover and no loose change . |
| 3 | I 've got an awful feeling this deadness will creep up and up and kill me — like Socrates . |
| 4 | I think you 've got an awful cheek ! |
| 5 | Yeah you 've got an awful job to see |
| 6 | just as he did so , a voice behind him said , ‘ I 've got an awful headache ! ’ |
| 7 | It 's getting very very close , and you 've got an awful lot to do . |
| 8 | Kate , you 've got an awful lot to forgive me for , have n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 10 | And when she hesitated he went on , ‘ I 've got an uncut film version of Hamlet you might like to run . |
| 11 | Well people think we 've got an easy life you know . |
| 12 | You 've got an easy day then ? |
| 13 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 14 | Well I mean I 'm , I 've got an easy time at the moment because I 'm on today . |
| 15 | We 've got an away goal , but I do n't think away goals will come into it . ’ |
| 16 | Heat up a tin or two with sautéed onions and garlic , a splash of red or white wine , a pinch of dried oregano and a bay leaf , and you 've got an instant pasta sauce ready to hand . |
| 17 | Cos all I 'd have to buy is a starter microphone then I 've got an instant dictaphone . |
| 18 | You 've had a bit of luck there , you might turn the other way next year , and you might find that you 've got an increased number of police retiring , and if you have , you 're going to find extreme pressure on the police budget , and you will see that there is the reductions that the Chief Constable told you he would have to make if that happened . |
| 19 | DOCTOR , I 'VE GOT AN UPSET STOMACH ! |
| 20 | You ca n't how can how can you talk about self help solving all the problems when you 've got an aging population who 'll never work again . |
| 21 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
| 22 | We 've got an internal call log which works it out for us . |
| 23 | You you 've got an ordinary photocopier and an offset . |
| 24 | Well here we 've got an onshore wind , that 's perfect , because we know that if we get into trouble just get blown back ashore . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got an overnight bag packed , but before we go — ’ she took a hold on herself to begin , then found that he had something he wanted to say too — and that he did n't mind cutting across what she was saying , to say it . |
| 26 | Well I 've got an early finish tonight . |
| 27 | When we 've got an economic mess , the first duty of a government is to clear up the economic mess . |
| 28 | ‘ A bad night , and I 've got an aching head . ’ |
| 29 | Oh I 've got an average amount they say and everybody 's average is different of course . |
| 30 | we 've got an extra day , we 've got an extra week |