Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have made a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I realized I had made a mistake .
2 I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck .
3 ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through .
4 I was going to suggest that this is er , I mean I 've made a note of this question , that we ought to return to it next time
5 But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment .
6 The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris .
7 So what we 've done we 've made a film just to show you all the different jobs that archaeologists do .
8 I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake .
9 Nichols does feel he has made a mistake . ’
10 I 'd feel differently if she 'd made my father really happy , but , believe me , he soon learnt he 'd made a mistake in marrying Bertha . ’
11 I assumed he 'd made a mistake , but suppose he had n't ?
12 I do think you 've made a mistake Carl .
13 You know sometimes the way forward is backward , there are no short cuts with god , if he 's leading along a certain path and were disobedient , there 's no way we can opt out of it and join the trail further along , he does n't allow it , its back to where we left it , that 's were we 've got ta get back to , we ca n't skip an experience , we ca n't miss any thing out , we 've got to go back to where we start , where we were when we left the trail and Naomi has to do just that to go back to Bethlehem , that 's the way forward for her , and you see because we all , we always find this if we are really children of god , then we can never ever be satisfied away from the will of god , there 's nothing else that meets our need , its god will or nothing , you know , when we know frustration in our lives , when we know sort of the , these annoyances and , and , and , and er sense of frustration there , its not because god is leaving us that way its invariably cos we have actually gone out of gods will because he 's will is not frustrated , its satisfying , can I just , it will only really be headings this morning , just leave us with three brief headings in this little incident that we 'll read or we , we wo n't read the whole passage but its , er in the remainder of the , or more or less the whole of the remainder of the first chapter tha that the cost was involved and then the choices that were made and then the commitment , the cost that was involved Naomi had to pay something , you see before she could return to Naomi she had to con , before Naomi sorry could return er to , to Bethlehem , she had to acknowledge she 'd done wrong , she had failed , she had sinned , she had to acknowledge she had made a mistake now in fairness to Naomi she did it and she excepted her responsibility , she did n't try and shift the blame on
14 Cos look I 've made a mess .
15 ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again .
16 Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’
17 I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much .
18 Mr Mr Allenby , I I know you 've made a submission but can we just clarify what provision is being made in Harrogate District which can be seen quite rightly as forming pa a contribution towards the Greater York ?
19 I thought within myself , ‘ With what eyes these poets see nature ! ’ and ever after , when I saw the sun-set stream upon the objects facing it , conceived I had made a discovery , or thanked Mr Wordsworth for having made one for me !
20 Are we to understand you have made a test-tube baby ?
21 If , however , you find you have made a mistake with contributions after your P14 ( End-of-Year Return ) has been sent to the Inspector of Taxes , you have two alternatives :
22 What should you do when you find you have made a mistake like that ?
23 In January this year , the Legal Aid Board decided they had made a mistake , and withdrew legal aid .
24 Doctors believe they 've made a breakthough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs instead of surgery .
25 ‘ But over a couple of months of pilot programmes , I simply felt I had made a mistake by leaving .
26 For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course .
27 But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere .
28 Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over .
29 They vowed to sort that out when they next met , and Christina felt she had made a friend and ally in Pauline Bascombe .
30 Saturday you wo n't admit you 've made a mistake or that you 're in the wrong , while Sunday you will be hurt and offended by someone who does n't show you the respect you feel you deserve .
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