Example sentences of "[pron] have made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them has made a hash of things like the British government . |
| 2 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 3 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |
| 4 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |
| 8 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 9 | ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement . |
| 10 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
| 11 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 12 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
| 13 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 'd made a joke of it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I reported last time that I 'd made an approach to Chris . |
| 18 | Where 's the corkscrew ? ’ and he 'd answered — dead straight — ‘ What do you want a corkscrew for ? ’ and so I 'd made an excuse and left quickly . |
| 19 | " I thought you might want to break off the match after I 'd made an exhibition of myself . " |
| 20 | TWO WEEKS after I 'd made an appointment to see Neil Spencer ( editor ) with writing samples and DJ charts from the UK , it was time to hand in my first article for the beloved , much-worshipped NME . |
| 21 | I thought within myself , ‘ With what eyes these poets see nature ! ’ and ever after , when I saw the sun-set stream upon the objects facing it , conceived I had made a discovery , or thanked Mr Wordsworth for having made one for me ! |
| 22 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 23 | But I had made a mistake and not put the fellow 's name and address in my book . |
| 24 | ‘ But over a couple of months of pilot programmes , I simply felt I had made a mistake by leaving . |
| 25 | ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through . |
| 26 | I realized I had made a mistake . |
| 27 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 28 | I had made a flask of tea and some sandwiches but had run out of milk at home , so I brought a stoppered bottle along planning to buy some milk in Keld . |
| 29 | And I followed this with a suitably modest smile to indicate without ambiguity that I had made a witticism , since I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness . |
| 30 | Prior to writing the script , I had made a list of the cast , designated local actors for the various roles and had them called for the 2pm ‘ woodshed ’ run-through . |