Example sentences of "i 've [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
| 2 | MY WORST and only health problem developed after I was mugged five years ago outside the Embassy Club in Manchester , which I 've run for 32 years . |
| 3 | To the west , I 've gone for hot reds , yellows and oranges , planting a red-stemmed Cornus alba ‘ Westonbirt ’ to make a fiery contrast with the golden conifer . |
| 4 | Moderator I 've asked for this new clause to come in immediately after seven because of what in accepting seven we 've just done . |
| 5 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 6 | I 've smoked for sixty years and I can not change now . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
| 8 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 9 | When I think what I 've done for that boy . |
| 10 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 11 | I said no , she said you wo n't leave the union will you , I said no , she said alright we 'll buy one at Haydock , still in the Lancashire region and the reason why the union is my second love , obviously my first love is me family , is what it 's done for me , but I also think what I 've done for those people who represent me and yourselves in Parliament . |
| 12 | What I 've done for this ----ing . |
| 13 | I 've struggled for most of my career , and would n't have survived without self-belief . |
| 14 | I 've worked for eight years , I 've got references . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |
| 16 | I 've worked for this title . |
| 17 | I 've worked for German Intelligence twice in this war . |
| 18 | Erm , I 've worked for ten and a half years within this county of Clwyd as a social worker , regarded as an extensional and every year my employers er , who are based in London would like the county to know what were the remec recommended mileage rates for the reimbursel to a business car mileage ? |
| 19 | Yeah I said well I earn half of it as well then and I 've worked for half of it , but I ai n't paying the bills either |
| 20 | Er , you know , it 's just a , and I 've paid for that and that and |
| 21 | This has happened to the car at some time in its past , as a result of which the crank shaft 's worn , the engine 's a bit dodgy , but I buy it 's not apparent when I buy it , but the engine breaks down after I 've bought it and I 've paid for this warranty , you 're going to come back and say ‘ oh , this was a defect inherent in the vehicle before you bought it , excluded by the warranty ’ . |
| 22 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 23 | I 've got a pewter-coloured Strat Plus which I 've had for two years now . |
| 24 | All the replies got eleven or so replies that I 've had for that questionnaire . |
| 25 | And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’ |
| 27 | They quote an Under Secretary commenting upon informal communications networks : ‘ Some of these people I 've known for twenty-five years and we can of course communicate with each other almost in code . ’ |
| 28 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 29 | " I 've come for one of your children . |
| 30 | I 've come for that , Timothy . " |