Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he decided to add another fifteen knots to the approach speed and give it a go . |
| 2 | They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles . |
| 3 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 4 | I want you to take this neck and make it a neck-through-body Strat-style guitar . ’ |
| 5 | So Sinead O'Connor — probably our last remaining real rock star , a maverick , a 1000 per cent attack merchant constantly taking convention by the neck and shaking it the way a terrier shakes a rat , the woman who stormed into the Irish PM 's office over the abortion issue , who refused to sing the US national anthem , who correctly pointed out that George Bush leaves Saddam Hussein standing in the mass-murder stakes , who has exposed her own sad past in vivid , gory detail , whose every record has fully stretched and excited the expectations of her audience — has released a version of Loretta Lynn 's maudlin Country classic . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 8 | A brief encounter with the new range last week convinced me the changes have rejuvenated the car and made it the equal of anything from Munich or Stuttgart . |
| 9 | I thank him with a glance and push it a little closer to her . |
| 10 | If you do not know what a tree or shrub is , exercise clemency and give it a year 's grace to demonstrate its worth before you turn it over to the axeman . |
| 11 | But anyway , we finished the ‘ Space Oddity ’ album and promoted it a bit . |
| 12 | Should you want to do some withy and teasel research for yourself , you might visit their willow and wetland centre in Stoke St Gregory where they grow 50 acres of willow and harvest it every winter , when the plants are dormant and the rods measure 8 feet . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 15 | He claimed that there had been a bona-fide revival of Gothic architecture during the reign of Queen Victoria , that there was with those who loved architecture and made it the subject of special study , |
| 16 | It is avarice that enhances a jewel and gives it an artificial beauty , but the stones of the sea are valueless so their beauty is real . |
| 17 | All I considered necessary was to simplify the design of the icon and give it a different colour scheme . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Vietnam was left to decide its own fate , and in 1975 , North Vietnam took over the South and declared it a Communist state , causing thousands to flee from the South as boat people refugees . |
| 20 | The methods of testing varies from kit to kit , but most consist of taking a sample of water and adding a few drops of the special reagent or tablet and giving it a shake . |
| 21 | Draw up a School Development Plan and renew it every year . |
| 22 | In 1910 , the Hon Charles Rothschild purchased 138 hectares of this fenland fragment and declared it a nature reserve . |
| 23 | I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test . |
| 24 | This can be a two-way flow ; a good home base can help to create contentment , and at the same time personal satisfaction in life will feed back into the home and make it a pleasant environment for others . |
| 25 | Cyril Bradbury 's shocked daughter Denise had to make his breakfast at home and rush it the four miles to his bed wrapped in foil . |
| 26 | ‘ Who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose , tae ma wee hoose tae ma wee hoose ; for who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose and make it a wee bit bigger ! ’ |
| 27 | Because I see it is of fundamental importance to achieving the environmental objectives for the new settlement and making it a decent place to live . |
| 28 | a thin transparent plastic coating applied to paper or board to provide protection and give it a glossy finish . |
| 29 | ‘ A Phazer is not a miracle design that can take a junk board and make it a killer ’ , Milton said . |
| 30 | When I met Jean-Claude I found something in his face , his speech and gestures , that alerted my heart and made it a gift to him . |