Example sentences of "give it [art] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sumptuous public rooms , marble floors and rugs give it a style of its own , and the restaurant opens onto a splendid waterfront terrace . |
| 2 | to give it a bit of something to help us to move it |
| 3 | In your road test of the Peugeot 605 SRdt ( 20 February ) you comment that the only car to give it a run for its money is the Citroen XM . |
| 4 | Stein-am-Rhein is in some ways a reproduction of all that is wonderful about Schaffhausen , but with enough added subtleties to give it an identity of its own . |
| 5 | Genoa boasted a powerful ancient landed nobility whose surplus wealth helped to give it the capital for its commercial enterprises ; but it also needed to import food and raw materials from elsewhere , and enjoyed a powerful economic motive for becoming a centre of commerce . |
| 6 | But if it 's done as a way of accelerating the child 's development , in order , as it were , to give it the edge over its peers , that does n't seem to me to suggest a relationship in which parent and child are enjoying each other ; it is much more a relationship in which the child is being prepared for competition with its peers and this , I feel , probably is going to turn out badly , because almost inevitably the child will not reach the levels that the parent has build up in fantasy in its own mind . |
| 7 | But if it 's done as a way of accelerating the child 's development , in order , as it were , to give it the edge over its peers , that does n't seem to me to suggest a relationship in which parent and child are enjoying each other ; it is much more a relationship in which the child is being prepared for competition with its peers and this , I feel , probably is going to turn out badly , because almost inevitably the child will not reach the levels that the parent has build up in fantasy in its own mind . |
| 8 | Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ? |
| 9 | The simplicity of this arrangement of birds-foot trefoil gives it a beauty of its own , and the naturalistic effect is enhanced by the classic frame and mount . |
| 10 | … and gives it a hammering in his alternative mode as batsman |
| 11 | This part of the camp was in itself no more attractive than the part in which we lived , but the very fact that we did not live there , that we did not know every inch of its dusty ground , that normally we only saw it from the distance , gave it a charm of its own . |
| 12 | It was black , as if once it had been varnished ; and this gave it a sheen of its own . |
| 13 | And when it came out I gave it a puff in my little rag , and made sure the others did the same . |
| 14 | She gave it the liquorice of her mouth it began to thrive |
| 15 | She gave it the steadiness of her hand |
| 16 | He gave it the blood of his face it grew eager |
| 17 | He gave it the strength of his spine it ate everything |