Example sentences of "i 've [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've run fifteen variations of that conversation , and every one has come up with different motivations for the Doctor . |
| 2 | The reason is that hardened Staffordshire smokers ( and they come no harder ) have taken to the Nicotine patch and are driving their colleagues mad with frozen smiles and cries of : ‘ I 'm all right — I 've gone 73-and-a-quarter hours without one ’ . |
| 3 | I 've discovered one case er two cases in fact near Bicester . |
| 4 | If I 've written to the Council once about that front door , I 've written fifty times . |
| 5 | Erm I 've written umpteen letters and never got a job since . |
| 6 | I 've written six letters and not had a single reply . |
| 7 | I 've written two articles now in a series that 's supposed to be practical and is intended to get you knitting on your ribber and we 've not yet knitted a single row . |
| 8 | I 've written two novels and five Plays and God knows how many short stories , and what keeps me alive , even ? |
| 9 | Yes I 've phoned and I 've written three times and I 've written to his mother our official letter , official no headed notepaper she 's not there , she works as a nurse does n't she ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 've lost six dildos up my bum ; I want my money back , ’ says Richard . |
| 11 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've lost 20 pounds , ’ he chirps . |
| 13 | ‘ You see , this is it , the crunch , the bottom line , as they say — I 've lost ten years of my memory . |
| 14 | It 's not nacked it 's just that I 've lost seven pens like . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've lost three pounds and I 'm back to my weight of all last season , 13 stone , although I will be even sharper if I come down another couple of pounds . |
| 16 | I just think to myself , ‘ Well , I 've survived twenty-six years of this , I 'll manage another twenty-six … . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , I 've detoxed six times now and I never have any problems coming off smack . |
| 18 | Celtic 's Andy Payton , whose goal sunk Dundee on Saturday , has set his sights high , insisting : ‘ I 've scored seven goals and I would like to finish with 20 . ’ |
| 19 | I know what they mean — I 've lived three quarters of my life in council estates , that 's where I feel at home . |
| 20 | I said I think that 's wonderful I said cos do you know how long I 've been out the union now , three months , well I reckon I 've saved thirty pounds , you 've got thirteen quid back |
| 21 | But , I 've saved three siblings . |
| 22 | I 've smoked six fags without really meaning to . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've waited two days for you . |
| 24 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
| 25 | I 've waited six years already , remember . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 27 | I 've seen two women fighting over a saucepan . |
| 28 | I 've seen one bloke with a giro this week . |
| 29 | I 've seen one sergeant with fourteen years ' service chuck it and go to Australia , saying : ‘ I 've had enough of this bloody job . ’ |
| 30 | I 've seen thirty men with their coats off fighting — getting on the trams and dragged off . |