Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look , we 've given it a try . |
| 2 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 3 | I 've pressed it a few times by accident and then needed it . |
| 4 | A vowel No I 've heard it a few times |
| 5 | We 've won it a couple of times have n't we ? |
| 6 | But as the organisation has seen to be when it meets generally speaking , the council and the executive are one and the same dealing with exactly the same business , I 've considered it a meeting of the organisation , and the organisation now basically is going to be the seven sub-committee plus an Annual General Meeting of it 's full council . |
| 7 | It might be a bit awkward when you start off but once you 've done it a bit it gets easier . |
| 8 | You 've done it a thousand times already , but you do it again , just for something to do . |
| 9 | All right , so you design a cup and rod device to compress a cat 's testicle and crush it , and when you 've done it a few thousand times over word gets out and you have protests and pressure . |
| 10 | You 've done it a hundred times before . ’ |
| 11 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
| 12 | Well , we 've done it a couple of times before . |
| 13 | Yeah , I 've noticed it a wee bit |
| 14 | I 've been down here for bloody nine years I 've missed it a bit |
| 15 | Oh I 've seen it a couple of times , yeah . |
| 16 | Mm I 've seen it a U as well I must admit . |
| 17 | They 've made it a , a , a sort of through cut there , which is now going to allow people to cross over erm , it 's , it 's going to make erm , two points of pedestrian access shown on the north boundary at the site , will create new rights of way and will become short cuts for pedestrians and especially children . |
| 18 | And now we 've made it a fire door it 's made it worse . |
| 19 | We 've made it a slimmer , and hopefully erm more cost effective , structure . |
| 20 | Actually I 've moved it a bit too far that way have I ? |
| 21 | Except to myself , I 've said it a hundred times to myself . " |
| 22 | ‘ Actually , you 've got it a bit wrong , ’ said Toby . |
| 23 | I 've had it a while now , couple of years . |
| 24 | That blue dress of yours looks well enough , but you 've had it a while now ; you need something new to wear . |
| 25 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 26 | I 've had it a bit on my conscience , really , for the last few months . |
| 27 | They 've had it a bit too easy I think . |
| 28 | Anyway , we 've had it a lot have n't we ? |
| 29 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 30 | ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years . |