Example sentences of "you have [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the idea that you have to see the original film is misplaced and outmoded . |
| 2 | One could then make a multiple stimulus-response drill where two stimuli are given each time , and you have to choose the appropriate verb form . |
| 3 | ‘ You have to choose the correct mill to begin with and work very closely with them as a partner , ’ she said . |
| 4 | You have to choose the correct heights to go with the named bases . |
| 5 | At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal . |
| 6 | This will take account of whether you have achieved the required standards and met your agreed objectives . |
| 7 | You have achieved the maximum effect with this exercise . |
| 8 | If you stay on at school , or go to a college of further education , you are still entitled to placement through the Compact , provided you have achieved the Compact goals . |
| 9 | But we suspect that you have revealed the total extent of your ability . ’ |
| 10 | During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid . |
| 11 | Forced to reply the following July to acknowledge a sum of fifty francs from Theo , he said grimly that he was writing ‘ with some reluctance ’ because ‘ you have become a total stranger to me , and I have become the same to you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I see that you have become a valued member of Mr Sands ’ ladies ' sewing circle . ’ |
| 13 | SERAFIN : Do n't you begin to feel you have heard the whole debate before ? |
| 14 | If you have sited the cold water storage cistern as high as possible , yet your shower still lacks pressure , then the answer will be to fit a shower booster pump . |
| 15 | Plutarch reports in the Quaestiones Conviviales ( IV , Proemium ) one of the pieces of advice which Polybius was supposed to have given to Scipio after he took charge of him : " Never return from the Forum until you have made a new friend of one of your fellow citizens . " |
| 16 | The difference is that here you have made a professional decision . |
| 17 | You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk . |
| 18 | It makes demands of your skills , it will get plenty of use , it can make a handsome addition to any room and as soon as you sit down you will know whether you have made a good job . |
| 19 | You have made a terrible mistake . ’ |
| 20 | Try to be as relaxed as you can — you have made a positive move to help yourself and this should cheer you up . |
| 21 | You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway . |
| 22 | If you have made a sizeable number of miniatures , you could consider displaying them all together , rather than dotting them about your home in collections of ones and twos . |
| 23 | Hopefully you will never be in this situation if you have made a realistic appraisal of your incomings and outgoings and taken measures to raise the former and reduce the latter . |
| 24 | You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie . |
| 25 | It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about . |
| 26 | HARGREAVES : [ drunk ] We hear , Belville , you have made a fine kettle of it . |
| 27 | Continue in this way until you have made the required length of band then , by unravelling the cord to this point , you can pull the end of yarn through your last loop and so tie a knot . |
| 28 | You have made the right choice and you are being rewarded . |
| 29 | ‘ In the States , most of the big races are over a mile or ten furlongs and it is becoming trickier by the season to be absolutely sure you have made the right decision . ’ |
| 30 | For him the attraction of skyline walking is obvious — once you have made the initial effort to climb the first peak , everything else that follows is usually progressively less strenuous . |