Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thawed by the meal , we 've eased back together . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've stacked up with Finmarks . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've roughed out a few questions but they 're only a guide . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ As soon as they 've patched up my plane . |
| 5 | Well the thing is you see I think wha from what I 've gathered on from the radio programme is that the actual erm the attitude of the kids to the metro had got so much worse that they 're having to do something about it |
| 6 | Sorry , I should explain to the committee that I was informed that the secretary who normally does the minutes for the half past one was sick , and had , she 'd been sent home by her doctor at lunch time , so I came back from lunch and had to come straight into committee , and I do apologize if I have missed bits of paper or whatever , I 've gathered up everything I could , but that might well be one of the things that I 've left behind . |
| 7 | You 've cheered up , have you ? |
| 8 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 9 | 1 ) ‘ I 've given up worrying if my toddler does n't eat breakfast or lunch because I know she 'll eat almost as much as her dad for tea . |
| 10 | I expect you 'd like a drink , oh of course not , you 've given up . ’ |
| 11 | This is the ‘ I can not ’ , the ‘ I 've given up ’ state with absence of feelings , energy , vitality , enthusiasm , sometimes to the point where we may never try again . |
| 12 | I 've given up trying . ’ |
| 13 | Whenever I use anything else — a different amp or something — I just ca n't get anything to happen , so I 've given up trying , basically . ’ |
| 14 | I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’ |
| 15 | But as Mrs Charley says : ‘ When you 've given up holidays and worked on a budget as tight as ours then you have to believe in miracles . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No thanks Dee , I 've given up on climbing , it 's a bit boring . ’ |
| 17 | I especially hate pubs since I 've given up smoking ( the spurning of which addiction went completely unnoticed by our friend Stuart ) . |
| 18 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 19 | I 've given up too much just to let it go . ’ |
| 20 | I 've given up on that idea actually . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't tell me you 've given up being a fashion model ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 23 | Ah , thank you very much , she said we 're very appre very much appreciate the fact that you 've given up your time to come and talk to our members you see we ca n't afford to pay for really good speakers |
| 24 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 25 | I 've given up too soon with Caliban . |
| 26 | ‘ They 've given up boiler suits , ’ said Constance , ‘ some time ago — except for the pregnant ones , and that 's a mistake if you like . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've given up my life for a fool and he 's never even noticed it . |
| 28 | I 've given up smoking and I 'm getting enrolled as a soldier . " |
| 29 | " I 've given up my lodging in Leeds , as well . |
| 30 | I 've given up trying to buy stamps from the Post Office — again because the queues are so long — and I now get them in books from my newsagent . |