Example sentences of "[noun] and gave it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … |
| 2 | I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test . |
| 3 | She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction . |
| 4 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |
| 5 | Jacqui 's occupation had n't improved it ; she was n't the sort of girl who immediately revolutionized a place and gave it a woman 's touch ; she just spread her belongings over the widest possible area . |
| 6 | Thus the Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ‘ took discrimination out of the market place and gave it the sanction of the state . |
| 7 | Quinn pushed open the street-door , which opened outwards , closed it behind him , dropped a wooden wedge he had carved in the privacy of the toilet under the sill and gave it a hard kick . |
| 8 | He found another lever and gave it a nudge . |
| 9 | She walked out of the front door and gave it a satisfying slam behind her . |
| 10 | Using the slogan ‘ Switch onto the New Clydesdale ’ to capture the company 's new image , Clydesdale devised a marketing strategy which improved staff skills , service levels and motivation and gave it a more upmarket profile in tune with the width and quality of its product range . |
| 11 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 12 | He picked up a cocktail sausage and gave it a light flourish . |
| 13 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 14 | ‘ Surely we must take that arrow out , ’ Perkin said , and put his hand on the shaft and gave it a tug . |
| 15 | He tightened his grip on Dougal 's arm and gave it a little shake . |
| 16 | He picked up the envelope and gave it a bit of a shake . |