Example sentences of "give it [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me , give it two minutes in the microwave . |
| 2 | At a time when product design has lost its way , the gallery fails to provide a proper historical context that might give it some sense of direction . |
| 3 | It 'll give it some form of protection which we have n't got round to doing the erm oh |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll give it another quarter of an hour or so , ’ Laura said , ‘ and I 'll try for another reduction . |
| 5 | The sale proceeds will be used to pay off Heywood Williams 's debts and give it net cash of £65 million to fund expansion . |
| 6 | The mountain goat is built primarily for steady , tireless climbing rather than speed and great agility : its short legs and short body , which allow it to place all four feet close together , also give it great stability on narrow , uneven ledges . |
| 7 | The bat 's ear is similar in design to ours , but with refinements which give it great sensitivity at ultrasonic frequencies . |
| 8 | The advantages of the Lucas bus is that the rubber tyres give it better grip on steel and help to reduce shocks on the chassis . |
| 9 | Give it six months at least . |
| 10 | The very flexible hooves of the mountain goat give it maximum grip on precarious slopes and dizzy ledges . |
| 11 | Then give it another wash with moss killer to keep it clean . |
| 12 | ‘ Give it another couple of minutes and I 'll show you . |
| 13 | And er you get out give it another coat with a thingummy and then you work straight across straight across and you just gradually add maybe just a wee drop of methylated spirits till you get all that oil and you see it glistening . |
| 14 | Its agreement with Matsushita and Marubeni also give it important access to Japanese methods for miniaturising circuits and other such devices . |
| 15 | We give it proper attention by placing it first ) . |
| 16 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 17 | In Third World countries , in particular , where governments are seeking efficient ways of adopting scientific and technological know-how , the characteristics of English as an international language already give it considerable advantage over others in the commercial competition to ‘ sell ’ such language training . |
| 18 | I am to fingerstyle bass playing what Lemmy is to pick playing — we both give it fair amounts of welly ! |
| 19 | Dell has renegotiated an existing $200m revolving line of credit with a group of nine large banks led by Barclays Bank Plc to give it additional flexibility in using the funds . |
| 20 | I mean the point would be to give it that kind of pzazz that the young kids love so much . |
| 21 | In the coils adjacent to his wrists he located the python 's cloaca and managed to give it one hell of a goosing . |
| 22 | Death rates increased all the time , as hormonally charged adolescents flocked to give it heavy Brando on Honda C50s . |
| 23 | To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions . |
| 24 | To suggest that there is an interested and informed big brother , on whom one side could lean , to give it some advantage over the other , is only to prolong the agony . |
| 25 | Business impact upon policy formation and implementation extends beyond this veto power to give it active control of all policy-making relevant to capitalist interests — as the detailed sequence and pattern of extensions to state intervention in the modern period makes clear . |
| 26 | The vote for the neo-Fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano-Destra Nazionale ( MSI-DN ) slipped back from 5.9 per cent in 1987 to 5.4 per cent — giving it 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies — in spite of the fact that Alessandra Mussolini , the 28-year-old granddaughter of Benito Mussolini , stood successfully as a candidate for the MSI-DN in its Naples stronghold . |
| 27 | In certain species , the long , fine roots trail below as far as the muddy or sandy bottom and anchor the plant , still giving it ample freedom for floating . |
| 28 | However , treating knowledge about language systematically and giving it explicit mention in the syllabus is not universal in our schools . |
| 29 | FARNELL Electronics has confounded the doubters and increased earnings per share yet again in the recessionary 12 months to February 2 , giving it 26 years of uninterrupted growth . |
| 30 | The vacancies came to light as the Department of the Environment announced a reorganisation of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , prior to giving it new powers in the ‘ green ’ Bill . |