Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 2 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 3 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 4 | What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ? |
| 5 | The National Association of the Self-employed and Small Businesses wants to make it a criminal offence to issue cheques that are returned unpaid because no funds are available in the drawer 's account . |
| 6 | Laura , having grasped the necessity of a calm private life for herself , tried to make it an attainable goal for all through her products . |
| 7 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
| 8 | and they want to make it an elected module for people doing other things |
| 9 | TWO schoolboy boxers , Joe Ainscough and Tony Maguire , helped to make it a successful night for Kirkdale ABC by outpointing their opponents , J.Addison ( Tuebrook ) and A.Khaliq ( Bradford ) respectively , at their club 's final show of the season at The Mons , Bootle . |
| 10 | Teachers Sarah , Caroline , Else and Wendy send a big ‘ Thank You ’ to everyone who supported their first ever Rally and helped to make it a big success — they are actually thinking of a second one this year ! |
| 11 | And the massive Independent Television outside broadcast unit ensemble helped to make it a busy day at Horsted Keynes with the Bluebell already geared up that day for the official launch of the Southern Q1 they have restored on behalf of the National Railway Museum . |
| 12 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 13 | Alibert fresh pasta from Olga Catering is also in special packaging , which is said to give it a guaranteed shelf-life of 60 days . |
| 14 | The kid comes out hard , apparently wanting to make it a real fight . |
| 15 | The thermal properties of diamond are seen to make it an attractive substrate material for chips that get excessively hot , enabling silicon circuits to be packed much more tightly than on other substrates . |
| 16 | The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject . |
| 17 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
| 18 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
| 19 | and you know we could , in those days because of the number of people employed being Electric Supply and Transport , we could erm , manage to keep it a viable proposition for an evening 's entertainment then and erm , you probably can turn this up in the , the Star they 're showing erm as he was then , one of the drivers swimming from erm Stoke Bathing Place to Felixstowe . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Gajdusek lives in the part of Czechoslovakia called Western Bohemia , and I was going to make it a quick flight over , find this place called Mariánské Láznë where he has his home , and shoot back to England again , ’ Cara replied . |
| 21 | There vas something official about it , as if it were a guard-dog or sentinel , on the constant qui vive behind its glass eyes , taking turn and turn about with the real house-dog , and the basket of flowers was stuck in its mouth in an attempt to disarm , an accessory borrowed to lend it a harmless look . |
| 22 | The fabric may be textured to give it a rougher surface , resembling canvas . |
| 23 | 6 assorted jars of chutney , unused ( I do n't know about you but I seem to accumulate chutney , pickles , lemon curd , etc. , faster than I can demolish it and rather than throw it away when useless , I 'd prefer to give it a good home — the best way of all is to sneak the jars into the National Trust shop at your local Hall or Towers and leave them among the chutneys already there ) |
| 24 | I do n't happen to think bolting is in the least bit environmentally damaging ( at least not compared with other activities going on around it ) but mechanical drills are bound to give it a bad image — the message her is ‘ bolters , do your stuff in winter or at night . ’ |
| 25 | It is only when you take the courage to look at yourself and your life — without judgement , without prejudice — that you can decide to make it a new life . |
| 26 | Rub through a hair sieve and use a very little vegetable greening to make it a pretty colour . |
| 27 | Glasgow was a unique case and a powerful argument now existed to make it a special case . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll have to give it a few days to get properly weather-beaten . |
| 29 | Whatever type of path you intend to lay , you will have to give it a proper foundation if it is to last for any length of time . |
| 30 | Norfolk-born Mavis McKechnie , 71 , of Mill House , Wissington , near Nayland , has wanted to try the walk for some time and decided to give it a serious purpose . |