Example sentences of "[coord] gave it [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 2 | She walked out of the front door and gave it a satisfying slam behind her . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rose whipped the sleeves of the shirt behind its back , folded them like double-jointed elbows , bent the shirt in two , and gave it a final press on top . |
| 6 | She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction . |
| 7 | He picked up a cocktail sausage and gave it a light flourish . |
| 8 | He tightened his grip on Dougal 's arm and gave it a little shake . |
| 9 | 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 . |