Example sentences of "[vb past] made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 2 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |
| 3 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 4 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 5 | ‘ All through The Graduate Nichols thought he 'd made a mistake in casting me . |
| 6 | Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’ |
| 7 | I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake . |
| 8 | The climb was quickly repeated and downgraded , and Tribout ruefully admitted he 'd made a mistake . |
| 9 | For the first time , he 'd made a mistake . |
| 10 | This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up . |
| 11 | ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement . |
| 12 | I knew we 'd made a mistake as soon as we 'd … we 'd … ’ |
| 13 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
| 14 | I 'd feel differently if she 'd made my father really happy , but , believe me , he soon learnt he 'd made a mistake in marrying Bertha . ’ |
| 15 | They 'd made a mistake . |
| 16 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 17 | I think it 's very instructive that er H B F did n't deny that they 'd made a mistake on this number and just talking about old people , er the fact is that eighty five percent of deaths in the county occur to people aged over sixty five . |
| 18 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
| 19 | I assumed he 'd made a mistake , but suppose he had n't ? |
| 20 | Except somehow he 'd made a mistake , picked the wrong woman . |
| 21 | He 'd made a mistake in judgement , but that was his problem , not hers . |
| 22 | I mean even today he 'd made a mistake on that thing and you spotted it where I would n't have done . |
| 23 | I know he said he 'd made a mistake so I thought there were ten and there 's only five or something |
| 24 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 25 | Oh so they 'd made a mistake . |
| 26 | Even up here in the wood miles away from the class-room Philip felt his face burn at the way he 'd made a fool of himself . |
| 27 | As he poured the tea , Peter wondered if she 'd told James about how she 'd made a fool of him ; perhaps they had laughed at him together . |
| 28 | He never pretended to feelings he did n't have and if he thought she 'd made a fool of herself he 'd say so , but never to do her down , never to boost himself at her expense . |
| 29 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |
| 30 | Then there was another one , outside the church , they 'd made a hole for a man to sit in there , and he used to sell papers . |