Example sentences of "'d make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even up here in the wood miles away from the class-room Philip felt his face burn at the way he 'd made a fool of himself . |
| 2 | He 'd made a regular spaghetti junction of his potato . |
| 3 | ‘ … and you see , when Hitler became bosoms with Stalin just before this stupid war started — I still think it 's a stupid war — it dawned on me that he 'd made a nonsense of my belief in him . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 6 | Within three and a half seconds he 'd made a couple of marks on the paper and shoved it back . |
| 7 | They 'd made a vow , you see , all that time ago … |
| 8 | He told me he 'd made a codicil to his will — the man showed it to me , and it 's all in order . ’ |
| 9 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 10 | ‘ All through The Graduate Nichols thought he 'd made a mistake in casting me . |
| 11 | Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’ |
| 12 | Ablett argued furiously with referee Ken Redfern that he 'd made a clean challenge on the inspirational McAllister . |
| 13 | The BBC told him he 'd made a promising start . |
| 14 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As he poured the tea , Peter wondered if she 'd told James about how she 'd made a fool of him ; perhaps they had laughed at him together . |
| 17 | Her prolonged absence had affected his concentration , and he 'd made a hash of the signature of Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 18 | I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake . |
| 19 | The climb was quickly repeated and downgraded , and Tribout ruefully admitted he 'd made a mistake . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I 'd made a joke of it . |
| 22 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 23 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |
| 24 | He 'd made a lot of money out of hardware , sold out a chain of stores that covered three states and retired . |
| 25 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |
| 26 | For the first time , he 'd made a mistake . |
| 27 | Then there was another one , outside the church , they 'd made a hole for a man to sit in there , and he used to sell papers . |
| 28 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
| 29 | They grinned as if he 'd made a joke , and they walked him inside . |
| 30 | He was fair and quite softly-spoken and actually a little shy-looking , and he 'd made a point of taking off his uniform cap when he talked to her . |