Example sentences of "you have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal . |
| 2 | During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid . |
| 3 | You may have dismissed the Japanese exercising before work or the Chinese performing their Tai Chi routines , but when you have undertaken a few exercise disciplines yourself you will admire their dedication . |
| 4 | Forced to reply the following July to acknowledge a sum of fifty francs from Theo , he said grimly that he was writing ‘ with some reluctance ’ because ‘ you have become a total stranger to me , and I have become the same to you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I see that you have become a valued member of Mr Sands ’ ladies ' sewing circle . ’ |
| 6 | Plutarch reports in the Quaestiones Conviviales ( IV , Proemium ) one of the pieces of advice which Polybius was supposed to have given to Scipio after he took charge of him : " Never return from the Forum until you have made a new friend of one of your fellow citizens . " |
| 7 | The difference is that here you have made a professional decision . |
| 8 | Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape . |
| 9 | You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk . |
| 10 | It makes demands of your skills , it will get plenty of use , it can make a handsome addition to any room and as soon as you sit down you will know whether you have made a good job . |
| 11 | You have made a terrible mistake . ’ |
| 12 | Try to be as relaxed as you can — you have made a positive move to help yourself and this should cheer you up . |
| 13 | You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway . |
| 14 | If you have made a sizeable number of miniatures , you could consider displaying them all together , rather than dotting them about your home in collections of ones and twos . |
| 15 | Hopefully you will never be in this situation if you have made a realistic appraisal of your incomings and outgoings and taken measures to raise the former and reduce the latter . |
| 16 | You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie . |
| 17 | It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about . |
| 18 | HARGREAVES : [ drunk ] We hear , Belville , you have made a fine kettle of it . |
| 19 | You have made an impressive start by joining us . |
| 20 | When you have made an initial assessment of your strengths and weaknesses you will find it easier to recognize work for which you are genuinely suited . |
| 21 | Obviously you will only be asked to come for an interview if you have made an initial approach for a job . |
| 22 | ‘ You have made an old man very happy , Myles . ’ |
| 23 | example How can you show your reader that you have made an exhaustive survey of the characters in Emma and whether they use irony or not ? |
| 24 | If you have never seen one of these fish then you have missed a real treat . |
| 25 | If the number of files selected is too large , or you think that you have missed an important file , you can alter the Search options . |
| 26 | Even when you have reached a rational decision as to what they should learn , watching them do it can be agony as well as ecstasy . |
| 27 | This could be either because you have reached a voluntary agreement between yourselves regarding money or because you have both agreed on a clean financial break . |
| 28 | Once you have reached a knowledgeable level , and modestly let the fact be known , other people will seek you out . |
| 29 | you have lodged an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 30 | If you think you have received an exceptional level of service , why not tell us about it ? |