Example sentences of "and [vb pp] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information . |
| 2 | Its proximity to Austria , just a few miles away , and to Lindau , the old German city on the opposite shore reached in a short journey by direct lake steamer , has cast its influence and given it a faintly cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 3 | Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ? |
| 4 | Now in the House of Lords , she has written her biography and given it a title which could well sum up her life , Fighting All The Way . |
| 5 | Lawrence book and given it a highly fluid feel . |
| 6 | Responding to criticism from environmentalists , the government has increased the Inspectorate 's staff and budget , and given it the status of an independent agency . |
| 7 | It might have been better for Butler to have set reason apart from the whole hierarchy of conscience , self love , benevolence , and particular passions and allotted it the role of ascribing different degrees of authority to each , that is , of saying how they ought to relate to each other mutually . |