Example sentences of "you have made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At first I was prepared to think you 'd made a genuine mistake — that you 'd got the wrong boat . ’ |
| 2 | So you 'd made a verbal contract over the phone with a lady who you found living on the premises so you had every right to believe that she owned the furniture . |
| 3 | ‘ Stella said you 'd made a huge difference to the place . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't know what they were , I certainly would n't open that pen Michael you 've made a right mess |
| 5 | Ooh , you 've made a right mess with them crisps young man , ai n't ya ? |
| 6 | ‘ If you 've made a new life for yourself , what are you doing here ? ’ she challenged . |
| 7 | You 've made a serious miscalculation . |
| 8 | Right you 've made a nice mess out there have n't you ? |
| 9 | Yes , you 've made a good job of it . |
| 10 | Begin keeping a record of all events at this point ; hopefully it wo n't be needed , but if it is you 've made a good start . |
| 11 | You 've made a bloody death trap on the stairs . |
| 12 | Look , you 've made a long shadow . |
| 13 | When you 've reached the point where you want publication , where seeing your work in print is necessary to you in order to feel you 've made a permanent communication — then you have to begin the work of looking at the market , seeing what is published and by whom . |
| 14 | When you 've made a physical space — a table and a chair — for your writer-self , you will find that an inner space begins to open up in the imagination . |
| 15 | ‘ It sounds as if you 've made a promising start . |
| 16 | I know that you 've made a particular study of the Muddletonians . |
| 17 | Look for fish rising , try trotting down different lines ( but keep loose feeding your same one ) , do n't make any drastic changes until you 've made a few bites . |
| 18 | By requesting a personal illustration for SaverPlus 2001 , you 've made a wise decision . |
| 19 | The chain is connected to the handle at the tightest position , the handles pulled together — and hey presto — you 've made a clean cut ! |
| 20 | put these ones back you 've made a big mess ! |
| 21 | ‘ No doubt if you had made a speedier recovery , I might not have enjoyed such a free hand ; but then , your illness was prolonged by your feverish attack of conscience with regard to your precious daughter ! |
| 22 | 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 . " |
| 23 | The difference is that here you have made a professional decision . |
| 24 | You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You have made a terrible mistake . ’ |
| 27 | Try to be as relaxed as you can — you have made a positive move to help yourself and this should cheer you up . |
| 28 | You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |