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 . |