Example sentences of "'ve [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've rather a lot on my mind , ’ Meredith said .
2 ‘ We 've only a yard and a bit out the front .
3 I mean you , you even get interest just , if you 've only a bit in at least ten have n't ya ?
4 She was moved to offer , ‘ You 've only a basket of a few items , you might as well go in front of me .
5 Thank you Chairman erm this is , this is er er obviously er a very important item , but I think that most of the information that it contains would already be familiar to members erm and bearing in mind that I , I 've only a moment or two ago gave a very long answer to Mr 's question when I , I could simply have said yes .
6 Especially when you 've only an interview or two to go on .
7 Er admittedly they 'll all be available on the Saturday but perhaps we would need , you know , we 've perhaps a little bit more more work to be done .
8 But it seems to me that every time I 've open a newspaper over the past two or three years , Stuart Bell , the Labour MP for Middlesbrough , has been staring out at me .
9 We 've not a reading man among us , ’ said Lucie dejectedly .
10 ‘ It 's easy seen you 've not a son or a husband risking his life for that one and her scheming ! ’
11 I 've come home to my dinner and I 've not a lot of time to spare . ’
12 In fact you sound as if you 've hardly a minute to yourself between looking after the grandchildren and caring for your husband .
13 ‘ We 've still a way to go but I look for improvement all the time and our start this season has shown just that . ’
14 Ye 've still a quid and a half .
15 You 've about an hour before the banks close . ’
16 ‘ Well , we 've quite a bit more to do before dinner-time . ’
17 They 're quite fun and I 've quite a lot of that up , and I 've got another board on , half of it 's and half of it sleep .
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