Example sentences of "[vb infin] made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do [ if she did ] , she 'd ha' made a mess of me ! |
| 2 | See you 've made a mess on the board as well . |
| 3 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 4 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 5 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 6 | I mean I thought you 'd 've made a note about oh I must come back to that later |
| 7 | Mr Etyang said : ‘ Professor Gresham may be an eminent pathologist in the UK , but he is a human being — could he have made a mistake ? |
| 8 | He captured three quick wickets before Richards and Lloyd ( who passed 7,000 Test runs ) steadied the ship , but then had Richards lbw , although umpire Meyer later admitted that he may have made a mistake and had considered recalling the batsman . |
| 9 | I could n't help thinking that he must have made a mistake . |
| 10 | But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with . |
| 11 | Could the professor have made a mistake ? |
| 12 | ‘ You must have made a mistake . |
| 13 | He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake . |
| 14 | But if we do that at the expense of other vital interests … we will have made a mistake . ’ |
| 15 | Andropulos may have made a mistake , Admiral , in telling you that he was scared that his spare fuel tank might blow up . |
| 16 | All the parties are in close and fairly intimate contact and there is no point in gratuitously annoying and antagonizing people — especially since the oracles may have made a mistake . |
| 17 | His mind is open to the possibility that he might have made a mistake in hiring Stephanie to head Advertising and Promotions . |
| 18 | She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake . |
| 19 | Edward , shying away from disagreeable exposures , supposed that mother must have made a mistake . |
| 20 | ‘ Whoever it was could have made a mistake over the night ; I was out at about that time on Saturday night . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 22 | Said he must have made a mistake and it was the Cynthia T. The Cynthia had one of the new masters whom I did n't know , so I could n't do anything . |
| 23 | ‘ Ca n't you admit you might have made a mistake ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think you may have made a mistake . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I could have made a mistake . ’ |
| 26 | I might have made a mistake to turn down offers when they were there . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't tell me you 've suddenly discovered that you might have made a mistake about me ? |
| 28 | She must have made a mistake herself . |
| 29 | ‘ But they must have made a mistake — that ca n't possibly be right ! ’ |
| 30 | He could well have made a throne for a Medici or a table for the Brighton Pavilion , and he will surely be making pieces in the 1990s that will be starting in their modernity . |