Example sentences of "and [verb] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 2 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 3 | Therefore , if you really want to move the business forward and make it a great business , you 've got to live it . |
| 4 | God is able to take the common in you and me and make it a sacrament of blessing for others . |
| 5 | ‘ A Phazer is not a miracle design that can take a junk board and make it a killer ’ , Milton said . |
| 6 | ‘ Who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose , tae ma wee hoose tae ma wee hoose ; for who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose and make it a wee bit bigger ! ’ |
| 7 | I want you to take this neck and make it a neck-through-body Strat-style guitar . ’ |
| 8 | This can be a two-way flow ; a good home base can help to create contentment , and at the same time personal satisfaction in life will feed back into the home and make it a pleasant environment for others . |
| 9 | Thrill to the spills of those white-knuckle rides and make it a day you and the kids will never forget . |
| 10 | ‘ He has long arms and I think he 'll use them to hold me off and make it a long bout . |
| 11 | It happens at the moment anyway , so why not sanction it and make it a skill in itself . |
| 12 | As I say all these poem 's are very dense and erm if I get round to , to completing them they 'll probably have at least another verse , certainly extra words and rhymes , that open it out and make it a bit more plausible Ours in the night , no I 've got it wrong , sorry , I 've moved on and I should n't 've done |
| 13 | In November 1958 he told the Western powers that they must leave Berlin within six months and make it a ‘ free city ’ , or he would sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany . |
| 14 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 15 | On the contrary , the miners ' wives seemed desperate to keep the spirit that had seen them through the long months , the solidarity and friendship and , above all , the feeling that together they could do something to change the world and make it a better place , not only for themselves , but for all those suffering injustice . |
| 16 | We must sacrifice the most valued possession among us and make it a burnt offering . |
| 17 | But do n't be fooled , because 1993 will also be a tough year but with the experience gained in 1992 , I am sure we are better equipped to deal with it and make it a very successful year for Hygiene . |
| 18 | So what we need to do is you need to figure out what kind of items license erm reflects the pronouns like herself and make it a polarity items like anyone . |
| 19 | Let's get industry out of party politics and make it a truly national priority . |
| 20 | In late 1991 LIFFE revised its ECU bond contract specifications in an attempt to increase its liquidity and make it a viable product rather than delisting it . |
| 21 | propel it along and make it a little bit different to the book erm with some of the other things , I mean for example if you erm get stuff off , I do n't know , for example people like Ian erm |
| 22 | Right come the morning arrived and and somebody else I ca n't remember who though , and there we were all ready to go and were walking with the press into the massive great shed where they roll the paper and make it a massive place the size of a couple of football pitches , we were just going in the door and somebody said to me they 're no gon na be using their flash guns are they ? |
| 23 | O K , the only difference is , that if you do make an appointment and make it a sale , I have all the commission . |
| 24 | The Paseo simply is n't as refined as it should be , although some elements of the equation , such as the smooth , light manual shift and positive clutch , are as good as you 'll find anywhere and make it a doddle to drive . |
| 25 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 26 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 27 | Surely the Minister feels some embarrassment about the fact that a former Minister at his Department bought a Guyanese asset for £9.7 million and sold it a few months later for £62 million worth of shares ? |
| 28 | By 1065 he had conquered Toledo and made it a Christian — Moorish fief owing allegiance to Leon . |
| 29 | In the period of transition that historians call the Axial Age ( 800–200 BCE ) , the great confessional faiths developed which have continued to be a crucial influence in the consciousness of the people of each region : in China Lao Tsu developed Taoism , in India , Hinduism and Buddhism reformed the primitive pagan vision and made it a means of analysing the self ; in the Middle East the monotheistic faiths analysed history and the Greek rationalists of Athens analysed the cosmos to find an ultimate meaning and significance in the apparently random flux of life . |
| 30 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |