Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] have made a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know at once that I 've made a fool of myself . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly I have never heard from any of them since , although I felt that I had made a number of new and lasting Russian friendships that night . |
| 7 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 8 | All the events recorded in this book took place more than forty years ago and memories are apt to play tricks on us , so it may be that I have made a few mistakes . |
| 9 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 10 | Private Eye is appealing against the record £600,000 damages paid to Mrs Sutcliffe after a seven-day trial last May , in which she alleged the magazine had libelled her by claiming in its ‘ Street of Shame ’ column that she had made a £250,000 deal with the Daily Mail for her story after a night of ‘ carousing ’ with the paper 's journalists in a hotel . |
| 11 | Down on the steps , Marie had decided that she had made a mistake . |
| 12 | She was beginning to feel that she had made a mistake , and allowed herself to be exploited . |
| 13 | I was terrifically embarrassed , but Karen did not once so much as glance in my direction , and after a while I began to suspect that she had made a mistake too . |
| 14 | The horse made another noise , more a groan than a grunt this time , and , as his stride faltered , Kelly knew that she had made a serious mistake . |
| 15 | Davidson , who had previously been married for a total of less than five years to three different wives , said after falling for Tracie that she had made a new man of him . |
| 16 | She knew that she had made a fatal mistake . |
| 17 | She had never seen her in the morning and she knew instinctively that she had made a mistake in arriving without warning . |
| 18 | But Albert was so sure that she had made a Will … |
| 19 | Crown counsel informed defence counsel of an inconsistency between the sister 's testimony and her first statement without showing him that statement or revealing that she had made a second statement confirming the first statement in that respect . |
| 20 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |
| 21 | A girl lunged over the grid , screaming that she had made a mistake , fingers just missing the disappearing chips . |
| 22 | Despite her defiant words , though , she had the feeling that she had made a bad mistake during these last few minutes . |
| 23 | And , although she was rapidly coming to the conclusion that she had made a fool of herself all down the line , she still did n't quite know how . |
| 24 | Oh , lord , she inwardly groaned ; if this was Vendelin Gajdusek , then she had a rather unhappy feeling that she had made a terrible start ! |
| 25 | ‘ You must tell your friend , ’ continued the lady , ‘ that she has made a mistake . |
| 26 | At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others . |
| 27 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 28 | I know that you 've made a particular study of the Muddletonians . |
| 29 | Now that you have made a very real commitment towards achieving your new shape , you will automatically gain self-esteem and extra energy . |
| 30 | Once the foundation has been laid , you can lay the slabs on sand if you wish , provided that you have made a edge restraint . |