Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] give it " in BNC.
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1 | Worthy though that organisation 's aims may be , it has neither the resources nor the authority to undertake the vital work which the United Nations has given it . |
2 | He was wearing brown basket-weave shoes and a suit with pronounced machine-stitching around big lapels meant to give it that above-the-ruck bespoke look . |
3 | Yet the regulators have given it a dispensation : the rubbish has to go somewhere . |
4 | But the Australians have given it its own identity and the result is a number of big , peachy , buttery wines with a characteristic whiff of straw . |
5 | Companies should not continue to be penalised by a reference to an inherent uncertainty in the auditors ' report when the directors have given it prominent and full disclosure . |
6 | The Hainges used a special sports turf to give it its clipped , fresh-green look and make it hard-wearing enough to withstand their two children ( Martin , eight , and Carmen , 12 ) . |
7 | Even then , of course , an indemnity is only as good as the persons required to give it : and if the equity partners themselves become bankrupt in the wake of the firm 's insolvency , the salaried partner is left exposed . |
8 | The magazine was in trouble long before David Thomas and his young guns attempted to give it a lifesaving bypass . |
9 | So low was Deems 's voice that his auditors had to give it close attention . |
10 | His publications include Giving It All Away : Modern Money Matters , Sylvester P. Pussycat : A Psycho-Sexual Case Study , After Puccini and The European Currency Unit : Paper Money or Solid Brass ? |
11 | Death rates increased all the time , as hormonally charged adolescents flocked to give it heavy Brando on Honda C50s . |
12 | The Community can only act where member states have given it the power to do so in the treaties . |