Example sentences of "you have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal .
2 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 .
3 You may have dismissed the Japanese exercising before work or the Chinese performing their Tai Chi routines , but when you have undertaken a few exercise disciplines yourself you will admire their dedication .
4 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 . ’
5 ‘ I see that you have become a valued member of Mr Sands ’ ladies ' sewing circle . ’
6 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 . "
7 The difference is that here you have made a professional decision .
8 You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk .
9 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 .
10 You have made a terrible mistake . ’
11 Try to be as relaxed as you can — you have made a positive move to help yourself and this should cheer you up .
12 You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie .
16 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 .
17 HARGREAVES : [ drunk ] We hear , Belville , you have made a fine kettle of it .
18 If you have never seen one of these fish then you have missed a real treat .
19 Even when you have reached a rational decision as to what they should learn , watching them do it can be agony as well as ecstasy .
20 This could be either because you have reached a voluntary agreement between yourselves regarding money or because you have both agreed on a clean financial break .
21 Once you have reached a knowledgeable level , and modestly let the fact be known , other people will seek you out .
22 Once you have selected a possible field , move towards it , checking its size , slope and colour , and look out for possible wires on the approach .
23 But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it .
24 Oh I see , yes , you have to wait a few minutes .
25 you have to wait a few days for it to clear do n't ya ?
26 You have to create a new display every month .
27 You will also need planning permission if you have to create a new access to your property from a classified road , and if you do , you 'll need the consent of the local highways authority to cross a footpath or verge to reach it .
28 Provided your ferrets are trained and have been handled well and you have developed a good relationship with them they will not bite you .
29 Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start .
30 If you have to do a major shop without having had a meal , eat one of your snacks first .
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