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 ?
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