Example sentences of "[prep] give it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spring mulch the soil around it well after giving it a good soaking , this will encourage the soil to stay moist . |
| 2 | Can you sort of give it a sweep ? |
| 3 | erm you might as well do a bit of a erm you know kind of give it a go and see what happens |
| 4 | You know , sort of give it a good chance . |
| 5 | Just now , however , the land was dry , the pool a perfect mirror , moss on the statuary below giving it a rich green colour , like a tarnished bronze . |
| 6 | Touring the fort , commanded by Sir Eyre Coote of the 37th Regiment , an unexpected knowledge surfaced : ‘ Dr Johnson talked of the proportions of charcoal and salt-petre in making gunpowder , of granulating it and of giving it a gloss ’ — although he admitted to Boswell afterwards that he had ‘ talked ostentatiously ’ . |
| 7 | Instead of giving it a grant , they paid back their money . |
| 8 | THE organiser of a big karate competition in Whitby says he has no intention of giving it the chop after casualties kept the town 's hospital at full stretch . |
| 9 | It 's got instant character , whereas a new guitar has n't had the years of beating on it and fiddling with to give it the character . |
| 10 | These two are the best guides to the little constellation of Scutum , with its famous open cluster M11 ; indeed , Scutum used to be included in Aquila , and there does not seem much justification for giving it a separate identity . |
| 11 | Shame on the Ordnance Survey for giving it the name of Ingleborough Hill on some of their maps : it is every inch a mountain and , although not the highest in England as was once thought and is overtopped by many others , one of the grandest . |
| 12 | It is worth giving it a detailed treatment . |
| 13 | One religious who responded to God 's calling to celibacy explained : ‘ Chastity does not consist of deadening our heart but rather in giving it a liberty of love , a single aim , a transparency to God . |
| 14 | But he thought there was advantage in giving it an opportunity to do so . |
| 15 | In spite of its brilliant career , the society 's delay in giving it an award of merit and a first-class certificate indicates unusual prudence , for ‘ the Château Yquem of apples ’ , as E. A. Bunyard described it in 1929 , did not receive these confirmations of its quality until 1962 . |
| 16 | Life was joyful at Cloncarrig and Tom , red-haired and ruddy-faced , presided over the dissipation of his fortune without giving it a thought . |
| 17 | She glanced at the automatic camera attached to her wrist ; all this time she had been clutching it without giving it a thought . |
| 18 | Without giving it a full review , an overview is in order . |
| 19 | In 1950 Eric Pentecost concentrated on improving the Lincoln 's food conversion rates and on giving it a deeper back end . |
| 20 | It just seems right to bring a hobby , my experience and a livelihood together and we are very set on giving it a go , ’ Mrs Rowan said . |
| 21 | I 'm gon na give it a five . |
| 22 | I 'm gon na give it the big lips this afternoon . |
| 23 | I 'm gon na give it the big lips when I get in those bars . |
| 24 | We asked respondents to assess the usefulness of each source for each purpose by giving it a ‘ mark out of ten ’ . |
| 25 | The designers decided to supply the cognitive power of this machine by giving it a human . |
| 26 | Granted that it is possible to initiate the civilisation of a child by giving it a knowledge of right and wrong , the question arises ‘ How does this knowledge become an automatic power of conscience which enables or compels the child , and later the adult , to act accordingly ? ’ . |
| 27 | If you want to lay concrete , you can improve its appearance by giving it a surface treatment , such as drawing a stiff broom over it when the initial set has taken place , which gives a fine-lined texture . |
| 28 | The big dyeing job was done twice a year at the hairdresser 's , but every month or so in between , Mrs Wormwood used to freshen it up by giving it a rinse in the washbasin with something called PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG . |
| 29 | A worker stimulates the grub to produce its silk by giving it a little squeeze . |
| 30 | The clarinets qua clarinets are not heard , but they certainly improve the tone of the high trumpets by giving it a rounder , smoother , and more effortless quality . |