Example sentences of "and it gave [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job involved visiting mining camps , quarries and oilfields all over the world selling explosives and it gave Haslam his first taste of the excitement of travel , something that has remained with him all his life . |
| 2 | It was one of the things that had disappeared from Renascia towards the end and it gave Fenella an odd , rather out-of-balance feeling to see dawn light again . |
| 3 | The East End once boasted the biggest brewery in the world , and it gave birth to some of the most famous names in British brewing history . |
| 4 | The vane is sometimes called the ‘ finger ’ or ‘ flyboard ’ and it gave farmers an opportunity to display their individuality . |
| 5 | The parties catered for such large numbers that ‘ it made it virtually impossible to police these events and it gave drug users and drug pushers maximum protection from the police — and all of that was quite deliberate . |