Example sentences of "give it [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think I 'll give it tomorrow night . |
| 2 | ‘ It would just give it more prominence . |
| 3 | Be that as it may , our main conclusion must be that the traditional claim about the last ( " Wagnerian " ) part is unsubstantiated ; and such other evidence as we have does not give it much plausibility . |
| 4 | To be honest , I did n't give it much thought . |
| 5 | Give it just cereal and see if it eats it . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's a certain point when you can see the inside of the track , you can see the outside of the track and you know you are not going to make the corner , so you give it more throttle . |
| 7 | Irritating as Miss Kenton 's behaviour was , I could not afford to give it much thought , for by then the first of the guests had arrived . |
| 8 | The close association between the visual and the cultural may explain the reluctance of some teachers to give it much attention . |
| 9 | After every fight , he says , he thinks about retirement and he intends to give it more consideration that usual in the New Year , vowing that when he quits he 'll do so as world champion . |
| 10 | The long cooking time will give a brown skin but you could brush the turkey with brown seasoning or tomato purée to give it more colour . |
| 11 | This depends upon whether the Appeal Committee decides that it will have to adjourn the hearing and carry on with it later because some new and important information has been produced , or because the Committee want you or the Council to give it more information . |
| 12 | Without giving it much thought , we all assumed that after the present infatuations had cooled down , Andrew would marry Judith , but it never happened , although he did marry twice during his later years in Toronto . |
| 13 | I just do n't think the amount of letters we 've received justifies giving it more air time . ’ |
| 14 | Conversely it has been argued that if the composition of the House of Lords was altered , giving it more credibility , then its powers should correspondingly be increased . |
| 15 | The following day the Irish Times headlined the company 's intention to remain in Ireland , giving it more prominence than a Cabinet statement . |
| 16 | You ca n't do much at the Print Manager end to speed things up , aside from giving it more priority . |
| 17 | It was a faery world , a faery past , and for many , many years Father McGiff had given it neither thought nor tongue . |
| 18 | But she had given it little thought during this time with Fernando . |
| 19 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
| 20 | The British Employers ' Confederation , for example , had no strong views on the matter , the NFOAPA vaguely opposed compulsory retirement , and only the Fabian Society had given it much thought : they proposed an interesting ‘ double-decker ’ scheme , involving payment of 10s 0d per week as in the existing system , and ‘ adequate ’ pensions on retirement . |
| 21 | Until now she had n't given it much thought . |
| 22 | So far I 've not given it much thought . |
| 23 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 24 | Leonora confessed she had n't really given it much thought , all her attention on the weather as Penry loaded the boat . |
| 25 | No not really , no I , I 'm hale and hearty erm there is no history of illness in my family , my father , my grandfather lived till he was about eighty four I 've never really given it much thought . |
| 26 | Well I have n't given it much thought but er if I were to die I would n't want my wife and family to suffer . |
| 27 | We 'd have mixed appetites if you 'd given it any thought . |
| 28 | Mr Jarvis , who spent £40m expanding the chain on the Continent in recent years , said the decision followed Whitbread 's inability to negotiate a new exit clause in the franchise agreement which would have given it more protection . |
| 29 | We like your cleverness Has he given it more thought , he 's just come up with a really clever idea I think there |
| 30 | " Leading from start to finish gives it more credibility . |