Example sentences of "and give it [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A high six-iron was the mutual decision , since there was just a gentle breeze to hold the ball up and give it a good chance to stop quickly .
2 Cut off two , inch long pieces of gummed tape and , moistening no more than one-quarter of an inch on each strip , stick them on the top edge of your cartridge paper by holding the brown paper hinges and give it a good shake .
3 Grab a hold of that please , and give it a good hard tug . .
4 NEXT MONTH How to brighten up a dark hallway and give it a new lease of life
5 You must save the file and give it a recognised DOS filename for a permanent record of your work .
6 Instead he was confronted by the tall , dark man whose hand was extended ready to clamp on to the sergeant 's and give it a hearty shake as if he were an old friend .
7 A well-informed horseman simply had to grasp the horse 's head firmly and give it a sharp turn and back him out of the area that had been contaminated by the jading substance .
8 For instance , Stravinsky 's Symphonies of Wind Instruments ends with nine bars based on the chord progressions E minor , D minor , and C major , but by adding foreign diatonic notes to each chord he forms small clusters which obscure the harmony and give it a mysterious fascination .
9 Finally , with the government now reinstalled , all that remains is to overhaul Central Office , and give it a thorough spring cleaning .
10 All I considered necessary was to simplify the design of the icon and give it a different colour scheme .
11 What we 're trying to do is to write cricket bats , so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock , it might … travel …
12 a thin transparent plastic coating applied to paper or board to provide protection and give it a glossy finish .
13 I mean they wo n't say sand and salt , they 'll say something which is insoluble and give it a horrible chemical name
14 The most vociferously opposed union maintains that all the problems could be solved were the government to remove the PTT from the financial tutelage of the finance ministry and give it an independent budget .
15 The prominent white clasts are fragments of anorthosites — calcium and aluminium-rich rocks that make up the bulk of the lunar highlands crust and give it the light colour that is visible from Earth .
16 All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches .
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