Example sentences of "[vb pp] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year . |
| 2 | That 's why the Campaign for Real Ale has named it a regional Pub of the year , an honour the 86 year old landlady is delighted to accept . |
| 3 | You 've done it a hundred times before . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 5 | You 've done it a thousand times already , but you do it again , just for something to do . |
| 6 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
| 7 | Except to myself , I 've said it a hundred times to myself . " |
| 8 | He had said it a hundred times over the past blissful hour together , and each time the sound of it had been even sweeter . |
| 9 | She knew what Papa would say because he had said it a few years ago when she had begun to reproach him and all men for their oppression of women . |
| 10 | In return , I described my discovery of Weimar 's system for naming streets when I had visited it a few years earlier . |
| 11 | Some boards have made it a procedural requirement in their regulations that evidence of title to a property be produced in support of the application for permanent transfer , where the existing licence holder 's consent is not forthcoming , or where there are conflicting applications by prospective transferees . |
| 12 | It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 . |
| 13 | Only after that , and with a few facts from your GP , plus half a page on your stresses during the last five years — I had to overflow onto the back of my page and with a little encouragement could easily have made it a 100,000 words — can you go through the eye of the needle . |
| 14 | The world shortage and price rises had made it a rare delicacy for ordinary citizens , but David Laing liked to sip and swig constantly . |
| 15 | Mr Browne said : ‘ The challenger being put up has made it a tighter fight and is endangering the seat . ’ |
| 16 | The since Terry took over the ground everything 's been refurbished and new crush rails put up you know , and he seems to have made it a good ground . |
| 17 | Ever since the aborted rebel Wallaby tour to South Africa in 1987 , French had made it a personal goal to see the Springboks return to the international stage . |
| 18 | It is largely self-sufficient in coal , chemicals , and fish , and the recent discovery and exploitation of oil in the North Sea has made it a net exporter of the substance . |
| 19 | This absorption gives the spectacular deep blue that has made it a popular material for ornaments since the Middle Ages . |
| 20 | Since the formation of the first such combine in 1968 , comprising six units of production with a total of around 6,000 individual members , the Mondragon planners have made it a recommended practice to group individual cooperatives into such units . |
| 21 | Austria 's central location has made it a natural corridor for East-West trade for many years . |
| 22 | Yeah , I 've noticed it a wee bit |
| 23 | Personally , I have always thought it a great mistake to expect young people to be interested in politics . |
| 24 | Lugh had never thought it a good idea , and he had said so at the time , only nobody had listened . |
| 25 | She had thought it a foolproof notion , but had slipped up on detail , like so many . |
| 26 | I did n't think it was bad for off the cuff , but he 'd probably used it a zillion times before . |
| 27 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 28 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 29 | mm , have you had it a few years ? |
| 30 | Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper . |