Example sentences of "gave it [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction .
2 ‘ When the red light changed , I gave it a big welly-full .
3 He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again .
4 He gave it a few more minutes .
5 The beards of the barley gave it a restless white ripple like tossed water whenever a breeze ran through the field .
6 We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out .
7 I thought , I mean I , the fire people gave it the all clear .
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