Example sentences of "[vb pp] it a day " in BNC.

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1 It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science .
2 called it a day
3 Hooker David Spiers , who played against Fiji and New Zealand , has called it a day long with lock John Robertsen , who was injured against France after appearing in the opening win over Fiji .
4 It was time she also called it a day ; she would continue with the work she was doing after she 'd eaten .
5 By the end of the season , Moores ' partners called it a day .
6 Chris and I have called it a day . ’
7 Okay , well maybe we could have called it a day now .
8 Many a player would have called it a day then ; not Audley .
9 But the Wallsend Harrier called it a day at 50 miles with a hamstring injury , leaving Tony Lenagan , of Wigan Phoenix , and Edinburgh 's Dave Wallace to battle it out .
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