Example sentences of "[pron] have make [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things .
2 I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible .
3 At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake .
4 On the day I left Woodline you knew that I 'd made an enormous mistake , yet you — ’
5 But if so I felt that I had a chance of retrieving the situation , once I 'd made the Fraxillian delivery .
6 We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up .
7 Perhaps I had made a ridiculous fuss about nothing .
8 It is as if I had made a small betrayal .
9 It certainly was n't too late to tell somebody that in fact I had made a terrible mistake and that I wanted to go home .
10 I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake .
11 Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) .
12 They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ .
13 I had made an interesting discovery .
14 Then I too realized I had made the right decision to stay put in hospital .
15 As I said , I was somewhat annoyed in view of the definitive nature of the arrangement I had made the previous day , and the fact that no explanation or apology had been forthcoming .
16 I had to make a polite pretence at reluctance .
17 So I said I had to make a quick decision either I was going to go up me chain past his whatsit and into the roof , or else go thirty feet down and run right across the chamber into whichever er level they could go to .
18 They dragged me to the Police Station where I had to make a detailed statement of everything that had happened the first time intercourse took place .
19 I had to make an instant decision , so I steered Foinavon to the right — the outside — to get away from the main part of the melee .
20 To tell my story : because I was very conscious that out of the static situation of the servant being the one who was menacing the Judge I had to make an ongoing story .
21 As a result , I had to make an expensive taxi journey to arrive at the meeting on time .
22 I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’
23 Since then I 've made a new start . ’
24 I 've made a new term planner actually but I 've forgotten to bring it .
25 I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch .
26 I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . "
27 Well possibly and less likely to enjoy it , I mean I 've made a complete failure of my life , so I 'm , I 'm not and I never really enjoyed from the beginning I must say
28 You could help me find out if I 've made a terrible mistake coming here , and if — ’ She took a deep breath .
29 I 've made a terrible mistake .
30 I 've made a special one for you because this was your first day at work , ’ Laura said .
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