Example sentences of "you have [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right now can you see you 've got an awful lot there to be working on , now I 've got one more . |
| 2 | you you talk er you know , when you were saying that you 'd erm you 'd sold an endless succession of of things , wh wh when you bought things , er you know when when you were married , it was there always that element in it that it was here for a just |
| 3 | Do n't you wish you 'd got an electric one now ? |
| 4 | Switch to the logical approach if this is the case and then return , once you 've made an intellectual appeal , to this more direct , emotional one . |
| 5 | ‘ I just want to say that you 've made an old man very happy , ’ he said , leading the way into the high-ceilinged drawing room and pouring Matthew a drink . |
| 6 | Mhm , yeah , I think , I actually think you 've made an excellent methodological point about philosophy in general . |
| 7 | Have you ever thought , ruefully , that far from raising an obedient child you 've become an obedient parent ? |
| 8 | You 've lost an awful lot of weight |
| 9 | ‘ I must say you 've 'ad an 'ard time , not 'aving no job or anything , but you 're in good 'ands , love . |
| 10 | You 've saved an hundred quid . |
| 11 | You 've completed an excellent assignment . |
| 12 | You 've done an accurate copy have n't except for this . |
| 13 | He stood at the doorway regarding the room with approval before he said , ‘ Thank you , girls — you 've done an excellent job . ’ |
| 14 | And I 'm sure I speak on behalf of you all when I say thank you very much indeed to Robin , you 've done an excellent job , and we shall miss you . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've had an anaphylactic reaction . ’ |
| 16 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 17 | At the time of creating the formula you 're probably fairly clear about how it works , but several weeks or months later , you 've forgotten an awful lot . |
| 18 | and you 've got an absolute useless argument . |
| 19 | You you 've got an ordinary photocopier and an offset . |
| 20 | ‘ Take the mike , give us your dots , you 've got an eight-bar play on , then it 's every man for himself . |
| 21 | You do n't necessarily get a better job with a performance spec than you would simply by specifying that you had more cuts because in er in a slow growing year , if you like , the contractor actually gains because he does n't need to cut so many times to comply with a maximum of a hundred millimetres length , whereas if you 've got an eleven level cut you would actually have a continuous length of grass , much shorter , so it would look smarter . |
| 22 | You 've got an eleven by eight foot dining room and you 've got a twelve by ten foot , ten and a half foot lounge . |
| 23 | calculated you 've got an extra . |
| 24 | You 've got an extra word . |
| 25 | You 've got an electrical point . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I think you 've got an awful cheek ! |
| 29 | It 's getting very very close , and you 've got an awful lot to do . |
| 30 | 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 . |