Example sentences of "have [vb pp] it a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet the regulators have given it a dispensation : the rubbish has to go somewhere . |
2 | ‘ I have given it a chance . |
3 | I have given it a name . |
4 | It is this property 's style and comfort which have made it a favourite with Citalia customers for over 10 years . |
5 | I mean , Calpers have made it a lot worse for us . |
6 | But you have made it a robbers ' cave ( Mark 11:17 ) . |
7 | Rich countries can afford to spend money on the environment , but few have made it a priority in the past . |
8 | He said : ‘ They have made it a priority to discover a Yorkshire-born non-white player to play for them . |
9 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
10 | I do n't still have it , no , no it had got knocked about a bit , you know , being moved hither and thither and the other people have had it a bit as well as us , because we bought it from the people who lived next door when they left you see , cos when we started in here , we did n't have any carpets on these floors or under here it 's brown Marley tiling and I can still show you that |
11 | I have had it a week and , the inevitable Skoda jokes notwithstanding , Mr Coryell has never sounded better . |
12 | Chris and I have called it a day . ’ |
13 | That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit . |
14 | Only the longing for meat ( some commentators have called it a lust , but the Hebrew does not pass that judgement ) , the claim that their appetite is gone , or their throats are dry , or , as the RSV has it , their strength is dried up ( the Hebrew will sustain all those translations ) , and an unspecified complaining about their misfortunes . |
15 | ‘ I ca n't pretend that I have found it a burden of such onerousness that it has disturbed what I have needed to do in my company , ’ he commented this week . |
16 | A reason why a number of companies that have adopted some form of matrix management have declared it a failure is to be found in inadequate preparation and briefing of those involved . |
17 | Publishers have declared it a one-off hit . |
18 | I have taken it a stage further with the inclusion of many groups usually seen as problematic , linking them with more familiar body plans . |
19 | ‘ I have overdone it a bit , have n't I ? |