Example sentences of "[pron] have make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible .
2 At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake .
3 Perhaps I had made a ridiculous fuss about nothing .
4 It is as if I had made a small betrayal .
5 It certainly was n't too late to tell somebody that in fact I had made a terrible mistake and that I wanted to go home .
6 I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake .
7 Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) .
8 They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ .
9 I had to make a polite pretence at reluctance .
10 But I had to make a bigger adjustment to studying .
11 So I said I had to make a quick decision either I was going to go up me chain past his whatsit and into the roof , or else go thirty feet down and run right across the chamber into whichever er level they could go to .
12 They dragged me to the Police Station where I had to make a detailed statement of everything that had happened the first time intercourse took place .
13 I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’
14 Since then I 've made a new start . ’
15 I 've made a new term planner actually but I 've forgotten to bring it .
16 I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch .
17 I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . "
18 Well possibly and less likely to enjoy it , I mean I 've made a complete failure of my life , so I 'm , I 'm not and I never really enjoyed from the beginning I must say
19 You could help me find out if I 've made a terrible mistake coming here , and if — ’ She took a deep breath .
20 I 've made a terrible mistake .
21 I 've made a special study of him , you see .
22 I 've made a special study of the ben Issachar clan .
23 I 've made a few attempts to try to potty train her without any success .
24 But I 've made a few enquiries about him , discreetly , of course , from Mr Tucker in Nassau .
25 I 've made a big mistake , ’ he told Mr Slipper .
26 oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas
27 He must have been sixty or so , but you had to get close to see it and if his hair was grey , someone had made a good job of disguising the fact .
28 The realization that he was the mouse came instinctively , quickly followed by the slightly ludicrous observation that someone had made a gigantic balls-up .
29 For starting awkward screws , I have made a simple tool using a long No 8 screw and a file handle .
30 Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance .
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