Example sentences of "gives [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 2 | This gives me a strange feeling of relief . |
| 3 | This gives me a printed list of subdirectories on my hard disk . |
| 4 | We all do that , although I must admit the TARDIS gives me a wider range of opportunities than most people have . |
| 5 | Working also gives me a great sense of independence . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , Frome , it gives me a great deal of pleasure to think of you as head boy here next year . |
| 7 | I also prefer it because I believe it is more sensitive than a link-leger and gives me a better chance of hooking fish . |
| 8 | Gives me a better idea of what he 's doing-how much he 's spending , what he 's spending it on . ’ |
| 9 | I must say it gives me a certain amount of pleasure too . ’ |
| 10 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 11 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 12 | gives me a patchy impression of the local agriculture . |
| 13 | It gives them a much-needed sense of security , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Outwardly , this gives them a chemical perception of ‘ taste ’ — roots seek minerals and water , while the leaves orientate themselves to derive maximum energy from the sun , ‘ stored ’ in chemical bonds . |
| 15 | If they have people they can talk to and relate to who are from a non-statutory body , it gives them a greater degree of self-confidence . ’ |
| 16 | It gives them a wider variety of facilities and services . |
| 17 | Bell Lawrie has 14,000 portfolio clients against Brewin Dolphin 's 18,000 and together they are one of the largest private client brokers in the UK which gives them a certain amount of clout . |
| 18 | Look for anything that gives them a better chance of following the plot . |
| 19 | The issue now facing policy makers is whether the tribunals are equated with the county courts and legal aid extended to them or whether structural changes are made which enable unrepresented litigants to have a fair chance to present their cases in a manner which gives them a fair chance of success . |
| 20 | Perhaps it gives them a false sense of security . |
| 21 | so that gives them a little bit of introduction for each one |
| 22 | Both sexes like the idea that women pretend , men because it confirms their suspicion that their partners are basically frigid and devious manipulators , women because it gives them a delicious sense of power to think that the delirium which men fondly ascribe to their virile prowess is no more than a hollow civility , like laughing at Grandpa 's jokes . |
| 23 | However , as with the similar topic of literacy , I would argue that it is important to separate out bilingualism and bilingual education because teachers ' personal experience and education gives them a particular view of the phenomenon . |
| 24 | But the equally necessary professional detachment of undertakers gives them a valuable view of human reactions . |
| 25 | Dealing with Cystitis early gives you a greater chance of clearing it up . |
| 26 | Suppleness or flexibility gives you a greater range of movements which will help you avoid the problems of pulled muscles and tendons and sprained ligaments . |
| 27 | ESP 's and Martin 's method gives you a greater length of fret to play over , and lessens the chances of the strings falling over the edges when using the kind of vib that Kirk sometimes does . |
| 28 | Its a privileged position which gives you a real understanding of the intensity and diversity of the work of women artists today . |
| 29 | Choose a spot on the water which gives you a complete view of the whole area of the lake . |
| 30 | This technique gives you a broad view of the subject but the best books are probably in the hands of other readers . |