Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave it [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 2 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 3 | ‘ When the red light changed , I gave it a big welly-full . |
| 4 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |
| 5 | Whilst it was still airborne you gave it an almighty swipe and endeavoured to send it further than your opponent . |
| 6 | She carefully left enough of her father 's original hair tonic in the bottle so that when she gave it a good shake the whole thing still looked reasonably purple . |
| 7 | She gave it a brief glance , then pushed it back across the desk . |
| 8 | At traffic lights she gave it a wary smile , slid into gear and played Nina Simone 's ‘ I need a Little Sugar in My Bowl ’ . |
| 9 | The computer bleeped at her indignantly , and she gave it a mutinous scowl . |
| 10 | One day Mary and Reggie will say , Yes , we did try living in a commune , we gave it a fair trial , but we are afraid … |
| 11 | When we gave it a tightfisted 52% in Issue 79 , our main bone of contention was that it was ridiculously overpriced . |
| 12 | They gave it a thousand letters they gave it money |
| 13 | They gave it a clean bill of health . |
| 14 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 15 | He groped his way back towards her , and Cassie laughed again as she watched his stumbling progress around the bottom of the bed he gave it a wide berth , so perhaps the nineteen forties bed , which must occupy the same position as her own , was longer or wider than hers . |
| 16 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 17 | Then , in September 1989 , in The Independent , he gave it a different slant : ‘ The idea of Active Citizenship , ’ he wrote , ‘ is a necessary complement to that of the enterprise culture . |
| 18 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 19 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 20 | He gave it a few more minutes . |
| 21 | Somehow , the way she said it gave it a capital letter . |