Example sentences of "'ve made [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we 're talking about residuary estate here and if you 've made specific er gifts . |
| 2 | So they 've made cheap labour . |
| 3 | They 've made hectic visits to Brussels registering your interests and meeting with those with greatest influence in the E C institutions . |
| 4 | But his reservations outweigh his praise : ‘ They may have done some good in creating interest in two people who 've made major innovations in twentieth-century music , but they 've also given a negative impression : that the people involved in this music have serious flaws in their personalities . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've made certain arrangements , ’ he told her . |
| 6 | I 've made sure of that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 've made sure that I am seen talking to you at the time of this man 's arrest in a public place . |
| 8 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |
| 9 | But we 've made sure that they do n't realise the extent of the injuries . |
| 10 | We 've made sure |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'm hoping I 've made good use of them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've made good speed , ’ said Hotspur when they were alone . |
| 13 | ‘ But only after I 've made good use of them ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 15 | first of all we 've made great strides in terms of pollution and in terms of engineering we 've made it much safer , and new road engineering makes driving more efficient . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've made excellent progress , have n't we ? |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 18 | The second point I want to raise is the issue erm of the green belt , er which is er a constraint in Greater York erm we 've made significant progress in moving towards the statutory definition of the green belt , the green belt local plan has now completed erm its public enquiry , and a lot of the deliberations in Greater York have centred around the effect on of the green belt on development potential in Greater York , so that is a main issue , I think , in response to issues , the discussion of issues in Greater York . |
| 19 | And the gardens they 've made , they 've made beautiful and do you know they 've had permission to use the old name . |
| 20 | You 've made lumpy custard you can eat it . |
| 21 | Does that mean that I 've made lumpy custard ? |
| 22 | Er I think in this context strength to strength is talking about market share , erm Frank er was saying how we 've made considerable gains in relation to the opposition and er such an extent that in fact er it had to join up with the er er er with the other financial newspaper , but Frank would you , would you like to add ? |
| 23 | ‘ We 've made interesting friends there and we like it . |
| 24 | The aspect to it is , as I 've made clear in , in the , the report I hope , th they 'd want to treat each erm , one that comes out of government on it 's me merits . |
| 25 | In principle is er not opposed to this policy er as we 've made clear in our erm responses to the county provided that the wording is in our view right . |
| 26 | Now what I would like to say is that we 've made clear that we 're with certain very clear objectives in pushing forward , in saying that certain things had to be achieved and when I read the lilac piece of paper or whatever colour we want to call it . |
| 27 | I think I 've made different kinds of Joe Jackson albums . |
| 28 | You 've made clean |
| 29 | Ca n't mend the roof , and it 's pouring water — we 've made soul-searching economies , and the Bank is still perfectly livid with us . " |