Example sentences of "[pron] have made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 4 | On the day I left Woodline you knew that I 'd made an enormous mistake , yet you — ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps I had made a ridiculous fuss about nothing . |
| 6 | It is as if I had made a small betrayal . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake . |
| 9 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | I had made an interesting discovery . |
| 12 | I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’ |
| 13 | Since then I 've made a new start . ’ |
| 14 | I 've made a new term planner actually but I 've forgotten to bring it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . " |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | You could help me find out if I 've made a terrible mistake coming here , and if — ’ She took a deep breath . |
| 19 | I 've made a terrible mistake . |
| 20 | I 've made a special study of him , you see . |
| 21 | I 've made a special study of the ben Issachar clan . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've made a big mistake , ’ he told Mr Slipper . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | ‘ Tony , ’ he said , ‘ I 've made an awful lot of cash from the Human League . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The realization that he was the mouse came instinctively , quickly followed by the slightly ludicrous observation that someone had made a gigantic balls-up . |
| 27 | For starting awkward screws , I have made a simple tool using a long No 8 screw and a file handle . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I have made a serious miscalculation . |
| 30 | ‘ I have made a specific request that both sides should extend the ceasefire to include tomorrow [ today ] , ’ he said . |