Example sentences of "gave it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case . |
| 2 | The National Front 's vote increased from 10.4 per cent to 15.7 per cent , which gave it second place behind the candidate of the centrist Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) . |
| 3 | The press picked up the story the following day and gave it wide coverage . |
| 4 | Of the 287 people who saw the Carlyle exhibition , 94% rated it as Very Good or Good ; 90% of the 237 visitors who saw the MacLean exhibition gave it similar ratings ; and 78% of the 147 visitors to the Skinner exhibition considered it Very Good or Good . |
| 5 | The Times [ London ] gave it fourteen column inches ; Guardian [ London ] , eight inches ; The Irish Times [ Dublin ] , twenty-four inches ; Sunday News [ Belfast ] , forty-four inches ; and Belfast Telegraph , nil . |
| 6 | Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface . |
| 7 | Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers . |
| 8 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 9 | Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine ! |
| 10 | Woolley swung into a second chorus , and gave it greater volume . |
| 11 | For another generation , this Covenant was to be held up as a model of political excellence within the Middle East , especially by the Western powers which gave it such approval but which did not have to suffer its consequences . |
| 12 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 13 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 14 | Her long blonde hair seemed to come alive in the sunlight which gave it golden highlights . |
| 15 | Silkin 's Bill received an unopposed second reading in May ; for the Conservatives W.S. Morrison gave it general support . |
| 16 | I gave it some water cos I |
| 17 | Sam briefly gave it some thought . |
| 18 | Just gave it some thought , give it some thought and initiative and you 're in ! |
| 19 | And it gave it some condition , you know , when I |
| 20 | Nonetheless , it was British fears that began the process of creating a political group ( rather than a religious one ) , and British political tactics to safeguard their continued power that gave it national significance . |
| 21 | It cleaned up the European Car of the Year award for 1992 against some formidable competition , though only two out of the seven British judges gave it top ranking . |
| 22 | Also on 13 March Fawcett received the ‘ preliminary note ’ at his editor 's office and gave it top priority . |
| 23 | We also gave it top marks for looks . |
| 24 | They gave it double smiles and blank silence |
| 25 | ‘ The thing about McGahern is that although 6 out of 8 Irish critics were against it most of the foreign reviewers , including The Observer and Guardian and New York Times , gave it glowing reviews . |
| 26 | The sudden increase in unemployment after 1930 gave it further importance . |
| 27 | He gave it another try . |
| 28 | He gave it another shaking . |
| 29 | He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more . |
| 30 | About time we gave it another whirl . |