Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall . |
| 2 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 3 | You 've given a goodly little pile here . |
| 4 | I 've given a whole chapter to my constituency . |
| 5 | Erm , so I 'm hoping that that will work , it 's it 's down in the diary for him to do that , and and I 've given a little note about what the Adult School is all about . |
| 6 | Try making a " clean start " — say , on the hour — and do n't give up until you 've completed a reasonable work stint . |
| 7 | You 've completed an excellent assignment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We 've developed a new design to make your selection of CompuAdd PC systems , peripherals and accessories all the easier . |
| 10 | At Hulsta they 've developed a new process . |
| 11 | We 've developed a fertile strain . |
| 12 | But over the last year or so we 've developed a solid state equivalent , which has no moving parts at all . |
| 13 | In Russia for example we intend to launch a small partnership fund to support small projects promoted by the voluntary agencies in the United Kingdom who 've developed a wide range of connections with their Russian counterparts . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’ |
| 15 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 16 | For starters , they 've witnessed a marked shift in the make-up of their audience : though there 's a sprinkling of residual bagginess in tonight 's crowd , the lion 's share of the faithful fit the dishevelled , T-shirted stereotype of the diehard pop kid . |
| 17 | It was a real nice place two years ago ; nothing but luxury houses for the super-rich , but then the snakes bought it and they 've painted a big yellow cross on their runway . |
| 18 | Already I 've heard a Finnish businessman say in The Palace restaurant ‘ Those Goddamn Yanks are coming . ’ |
| 19 | And sir the other strand which we 've heard a good deal about has been the nature of the vegetative screen which occurs between D thirty nine and D forty on the one hand , and land to the north of it on the other . |
| 20 | Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this |
| 21 | ‘ I 've heard a funny story and I 'm ringing to ask you if there 's any truth in it . |
| 22 | We 've heard a little bit of , about the Three-Ninetieth Group and we could go on and on because it certainly is indeed er historic organization . |
| 23 | They 've heard a relieving fleet 's on the way . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ards have been out of the picture since then but I 've enjoyed a good Irish Cup record at my other clubs , getting to the final three times as a player and twice as Larne 's manager . |
| 25 | They 've enjoyed a fair old start . |
| 26 | Nan I 've picked a nice one to go on top . |
| 27 | I 've picked A minor ( or C major ) for our four examples , as this is a common key for jamming and there are no sharps or flats to worry about when reading the licks . |
| 28 | I 've designed a new yacht which we believe stands an excellent chance of winning the next round-the-world race . |
| 29 | Hello you 've dropped a negative do n't think it matters . |
| 30 | I 'd say offhand , they 've dropped a monstrous spanner in our works . ’ |