Example sentences of "'ve [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've completed an excellent assignment . |
| 2 | Hands up all those who 've received an indecipherable fax , where the print quality is appalling , where a staple has scratched the scanner , where the original document got stuck as it passed through the sending machine . |
| 3 | At British Gas , we 've won an international reputation for our expertise in the development and use of advanced gas technology . |
| 4 | NOW that we 've won an Olympic gold medal , why not try a cycling holiday in the Pyrenees — even if you 're not quite Chris Boardman . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You 've saved an hundred quid . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've done an awful lot of work , ’ admitted Faldo at the course where Jack Nicklaus won in 1967 and ‘ 80 . |
| 8 | You 've done an accurate copy have n't except for this . |
| 9 | He stood at the doorway regarding the room with approval before he said , ‘ Thank you , girls — you 've done an excellent job . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 've seen an entire kitchen going red from an Aga . |
| 12 | I 've seen an American training video where a policeman 's legs just buckled when one was used on him . |
| 13 | But for the rest of us they 've built an exact replica near by at Lascaux Two . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Tony , ’ he said , ‘ I 've made an awful lot of cash from the Human League . |
| 15 | Six months after a seventy year old man was found beaten to death in his home , police say they 've made an important breakthrough . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Mhm , yeah , I think , I actually think you 've made an excellent methodological point about philosophy in general . |
| 18 | ‘ They 've made an excellent job of it , Janet . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | After my first six months as Director of South East Arts , I 've prepared an interim report with five main topics , which I wish to put forward for public consideration , and if anybody has any comments to make perhaps they 'd let me know . |
| 21 | They 've lodged an official complaint against the police , who they say were treating the case as suicide . |
| 22 | To kick-off , we 've got an official Happy Hour around the 8.30 p.m. mark — well before sundown . |
| 23 | 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 … |
| 24 | just as he did so , a voice behind him said , ‘ I 've got an awful headache ! ’ |
| 25 | I think you 've got an awful cheek ! |
| 26 | It 's getting very very close , and you 've got an awful lot to do . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Kate , you 've got an awful lot to forgive me for , have n't you ? ’ |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | I 've got an awful feeling this deadness will creep up and up and kill me — like Socrates . |