Example sentences of "you have [vb pp] 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 | Provided your ferrets are trained and have been handled well and you have developed a good relationship with them they will not bite you . |
| 24 | Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start . |
| 25 | ‘ At least you have gained a little flesh . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 27 | For you have blown a large breach in the walls of my existence . ’ |
| 28 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |
| 29 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 30 | Once herbs are in place , and you have ensured a good start to their lives with properly prepared soil and the right planting technique , there is little more to do . |