Example sentences of "give it [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll give it three years before it starts going downhill again |
| 2 | Give it fifty years and I 'll bet you that the baker and all the rest of the folks , it 'll be coming from a supermarket , but they 'll be delivering stuff that you 've put on your computer . |
| 3 | We will restore public control of the National Grid and give it new duties and powers to ensure the long-term security of electricity supplies . |
| 4 | I 've got ta be catched I wo n't actually do it I 'll just come in run a mo just give it complete customers and and help |
| 5 | OK , give it ten years and perhaps only 20 per cent will be producing what 60 per cent or 70 per cent were twenty-five years ago . |
| 6 | The type of guest for which a hotel caters gives it special characteristics and atmosphere : for example , some hotels are family-type hotels with a fair proportion of residential guests , while others are commercial hotels usually catering for commercial travellers continually in transit . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | They gave it double smiles and blank silence |
| 9 | Its administrative monopoly gave it special privileges and preferential economic treatment . |