Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and [verb] it a " in BNC.

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1 When I met Jean-Claude I found something in his face , his speech and gestures , that alerted my heart and made it a gift to him .
2 She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist …
3 Now in the House of Lords , she has written her biography and given it a title which could well sum up her life , Fighting All The Way .
4 I said I would " quite understand " if she wanted to cut her losses and call it a day .
5 Its proximity to Austria , just a few miles away , and to Lindau , the old German city on the opposite shore reached in a short journey by direct lake steamer , has cast its influence and given it a faintly cosmopolitan atmosphere .
6 She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction .
7 In late 1991 LIFFE revised its ECU bond contract specifications in an attempt to increase its liquidity and make it a viable product rather than delisting it .
8 She takes his hand and gives it a kiss .
9 So I settled for dusting off his shoulder and giving it a quick squeeze .
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