Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] it a " in BNC.

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1 Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match .
2 with my embryo staff around me ; you may think it a little late in the day to check my credentials .
3 Let's make it a special event .
4 Let's let's make it a slightly different problem .
5 Erm let's say a hair dryer is rated at erm er let's make it a telly .
6 Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) .
7 that you may make it a condition of the carport roof , that they would put four inches of topsoil and plant grass there .
8 We may consider it a virtue rather than a vice that we possess and exert the power to live , as it were , outside ourselves .
9 He says : ‘ It 's the ideal match up between two men of different styles , which should make it a very , very exciting fight . ’
10 Since sexism is unjust you should make it a point to put women in positions where they have a chance to overcome their historic powerlessness .
11 ‘ Perhaps I should make it a costume party next year . ’
12 I never put the case for a timetable motion on the ground that we should make it a permanent feature of our parliamentary procedures .
13 You should make it a condition of payment that the gang supplies a Polaroid photograph of your father holding the mornings paper on the day the drop is made .
14 ‘ We are the first England representative team to face the Springboks in 23 years and we must make it a memorable day , one the selectors can not ignore . ’
15 In future I must make it a rule never to use those cold , wet , good-for-nothing days for looking at crags .
16 I think we must make it a positive step forward that this council not only goes forwards to build but it goes forward to use that building and give the firemen of this county the right tools , or firewoman , the firemen and the firewoman of this county the right tools to work with .
17 Law 27 , Penalty Kick states that : ‘ It may be taken by any player of the non-offending team and by any form of kick provided that the kicker , if holding the ball , must propel it out of his hands or , if the ball is on the ground , he must propel it a visible distance from the mark .
18 More positively , from South Africa comes the observation that music 's power to unite must give it a role in a country where at least twelve languages are spoken .
19 Taken at its first test session at Michelin 's Clermont Ferrand test track , they show the car still under heavy disguise but revealing some of the characteristics that should give it a place among the great supercars .
20 I should give it a miss when you come up north , it 's a bit chilly for that sort of thing , though I could knit you a winter fig leaf .
21 A third alliance with a still unidentified company next month should give it a leg up on high-performance transaction processing and multi-processing .
22 It 's not all sunshine and roses , Mrs Worthington , but as long as she has her eyes open , your daughter should give it a try .
23 The Colonel checked with Bill Copland whether they should call it a day : ‘ Certainly not ’ was-the Major 's assured reply , for all felt the confidence of success .
24 If a coincidence of this magnitude happened to me , I should call it a miracle and would watch my language in future .
25 you should hide it a bit more than that
26 ‘ I think we should leave it a week , ’ the doctor told him .
27 ‘ More to follow ’ : I phoned them right a way ( and they agreed to come ) You must write it a gain ( and this time , get it right )
28 If you are outside the UK , You should get it a day or so late anyway .
29 Combined in a nosegay with love-that-lies-bleeding and a sprig of maidenhair fern , spring brides should find it a piquant bouquet .
30 Social historians of the future should find it a useful source when quoting the anti-Reagan lobby .
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