The Collaborative International Dictionary
I've \I've\contrac. Colloquial contraction of I have.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
contraction of I have, 1742, first attested in Richardson's "Pamela."
Usage examples of "i've".
Somebody has to win, she would say, I've seen them on the telly, grinning brickies, office workers in syndicates, housewives, don't tell me that they've all been struck by lightning ten times.
There hasn't been a case of cafard on this ship since I've been ship's doctor.
There's no harm in telling him that I've been on to the Calgary Tribune.
I've been meanin' to come callin' on you like I promised, but my brother has had the whole place in a turmoil.
Josiah Allen, I've heerd you talk time and agin aginst big feelin' folks, and here you be a talkin' it right to yourself, and callin' yourself the first man of the day.
For I've made you: but for me you'd long since have matriculated at La Tour Pointue and graduated with the canaille of the Sante.
I've seen a doper ask for a joint by simply forming that 0 and pressing it to his lips, a gesture that signals, Shall we smoke a little cannabis, my dear?
The Lord Mayor of Rome may be delighted to learn that Cossutianus Capito, who prosecuted his mother-in-law, has just been indicted by the Senate for extortion, and I've given him a week to get out of Italy.
I've had many long communications with my brother and sister over the years, and I judge Carline a greatly changed young woman from the girl you once knew.
Of all the fortune-tellers and palm readers and psychics that I've known in other carnivals, you're the first person I've ever met who actually has some ESP.
I've got an awfully light caseload this week, and if I don't put in some time with you, my boss is going to think I've been goofing off.
Last I've heard is that our chaps there saw nobody about in the night, and Colborn hasn't gone away yet.
I've done the work of ringing round the local builders and found the cheapest one for you.
He's an apprentice cheesemaker, a guy called Felix Krane, a nice fellow, I've always thought.
Running short all I've got's this check on the Pee Dee Citizens Bank not even sure it's good, she spells hundred h u n e r d sat through the whole funeral eating Cheez Doodles, Liz?