Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | At either end of the village two long avenues of trees gave it a friendly air . |
| 2 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 3 | These raised the nap on the cloth , which could then be cropped with shears to give it a smoother finish . |
| 4 | Having collected data they structure it into concepts to give it meaning for others . |
| 5 | Her near nervous breakdown , which took her to the brink of giving up all she had worked for in showbusiness , was all the more surprising to outsiders given it happened in her native Australia . |
| 6 | Some of the case histories seem scientifically a little scanty but there is sufficient evidence of its effectiveness in the treatment of arthritis for sufferers to give it a try . |