Example sentences of "[pron] 'd make 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 I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’
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 Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire .
5 I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck .
6 ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement .
7 And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it .
8 For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course .
9 I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake .
10 But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere .
11 I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed .
12 I 'd made a joke of it .
13 So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it .
14 And , because you 'd made a loss , you could , out of your taxed pension , introduce a couple of hundred pounds into the business as a capital in introduction , to keep the business running , and it would n't affect the profit figures at all .
15 She knew she 'd made a hash of the whole thing , and she 'd let her tongue run away with her .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision .
19 She phoned Meg again and told her she was so silly , she 'd made a muddle with the dates of two concerts , and it would be perfectly all right for them to come tonight but only if Meg was absolutely sure it would n't be too much trouble , it was so sweet of her …
20 She 'd made a point of spending every spare minute she could with her .
21 She used to sing at parties and school discos when she was ten years old , and wishes she 'd made a record .
22 Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’
23 I knew we 'd made a mistake as soon as we 'd … we 'd … ’
24 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 .
25 I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake .
26 They 'd made a mistake .
27 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 .
28 Oh so they 'd made a mistake .
29 I knew they 'd made a lot of money .
30 They 'd made a vow , you see , all that time ago …
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