Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'm sure you 've broken a few speed limits yourself since then . |
| 2 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 3 | I know I 've fallen a few rungs on the ladder , but at least I 've been there and done it . ’ |
| 4 | I 've lifted a few sacks of taters in me time , but I do n't reckon to lift thee ! ’ |
| 5 | Must be twenty come in without and paying , and I 've let a few in for |
| 6 | Harringay — they 've took a few from Chelmsford , and as for the Blackburn Black Hawks , they used to be your team mates . |
| 7 | But we 've added a few you see and we 're concerned about the spots . |
| 8 | But by the time you 've found that out , you 've met a few people , and you do n't need to hang around the hall any more . |
| 9 | So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it . |
| 10 | Being in the charts is one of those things you always dream of but now I 've done a few of those things already . |
| 11 | Yeah , the tension is slipping a bit and I 've done a few foolish things , but that 's not because we 're near the end of the wait . |
| 12 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 13 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 14 | Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton . |
| 15 | But I 've noticed a few faces in the crowd and it wo n't be long . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've collected a few broken bones and they 're newly set . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've seen a few already ’ |
| 18 | But I 've seen a few of them on the slippery slope — the Shiny Set , the stars , the Washington |
| 19 | After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’ |
| 20 | We 've seen a few encouraging signs in the past month or two — Bellamy addressing the Confederation of British Industry , for instance , and Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for the Environment , daring to finance an energy -efficiency campaign . |
| 21 | I 'm sure it 's in Pauline 's garden because I 've seen a few times . |
| 22 | But I 've made a few enquiries about him , discreetly , of course , from Mr Tucker in Nassau . |
| 23 | I 've made a few attempts to try to potty train her without any success . |
| 24 | We 've made a few changes … |
| 25 | Look for fish rising , try trotting down different lines ( but keep loose feeding your same one ) , do n't make any drastic changes until you 've made a few bites . |
| 26 | Let's have a look at this , er well they 'd supposedly done weightlifting they 've made , they 've made a few er , they 've seemed to have done some alterations on it so they must have done that one , er wheelchair slalom |
| 27 | I 'm pleased we 've gone away probably , you know , we 've made a few friends because everbody 's just said to me how well we 've played and you know , it was a great game and all that kind of stuff , so that pleases me , I just do n't like losing . |
| 28 | We 've answered a few of the queries you may have regarding the new Great Lengths Hair Extensions : |
| 29 | Is that what you 're talking about now when you 're saying about the about erm you did n't know what to About being frightened you 've said a few times . |
| 30 | Well I 've said a few words about the Soviet Union but I would like to add that our programme of assistance to the Soviet Union and to other countries in central and Eastern Europe , while it 's had to grow rapidly in response to the urgent needs of reg region , it does not it has not grown and will not grow in any way er which will undermine our commitment to the developing world and er perhaps on that note I might turn to Africa . |