Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] gave it [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer bleeped at her indignantly , and she gave it a mutinous scowl . |
| 2 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 3 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 4 | She carefully left enough of her father 's original hair tonic in the bottle so that when she gave it a good shake the whole thing still looked reasonably purple . |
| 5 | When we gave it a tightfisted 52% in Issue 79 , our main bone of contention was that it was ridiculously overpriced . |
| 6 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |