Example sentences of "this gave [pers pn] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gave her a certain mystique : everyone wants fame , fame , fame and more fame , do n't they ? |
| 2 | This gave me a great sense of freedom — and , just occasionally , I did hurtle down the street at night ! |
| 3 | I did , however , box for Oxford for four years , winning against Cambridge three times , and this gave me a certain standing in the College . |
| 4 | This gave me a neat opening . |
| 5 | This gave me a deeper basis for my own thinking , devotion and ministry . |
| 6 | Mr Wilson says this gave him a different approach as well as a wider experience of business . |
| 7 | This gave him a one-stroke advantage over two players -Bill Nicolson , of Coventry , who had 73 , 69 , and Richard Latham , a local player , who managed 70 , 72 . |
| 8 | This gave him an endless shopping list of radical causes which had no apparent connection , but were bound together by the radical-chic lifestyle of their supporters . |
| 9 | This gave him an invaluable insight into the boardroom and helped to bridge the gap between financial controller and finance director . |
| 10 | This seemed a great victory for the undefeated Britons and since those living within the Province also now had cause to hate Rome , this gave them a real hope of a military success . |
| 11 | This gave them a new experience of evaporation , as well as time to draw on their prior experiences . |
| 12 | This gave them a resounding lead in the contest for the McCormack Shield . |
| 13 | This gave them a statutory duty to appoint a committee and a chief officer specifically for the care of children . |
| 14 | This gave them a deeper meaning and importance . |
| 15 | This gave us a further topic for conversation for , I hope , it might have been said of us ( in Demetrios Capetanakis 's famous line ) : ‘ They were so nice , and interested in cooking . ’ |