Example sentences of "it gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not an efficient rig in the modern yachting sense , and even with the headsail set to a bowsprit , it gave her next to no windward performance . |
| 2 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 3 | Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace . |
| 4 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 5 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 6 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 7 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 8 | It gave him four and a half years of power without full responsibility — although he no doubt did not consider that this placed him in the harlot class . |
| 9 | It was a strange place and it gave him strange ideas ; he was oddly aware of those who had played , and loved and quarrelled there . |
| 10 | It gave him that Vogue -ish look that belonged to his life as an international racing star . |
| 11 | It gave him great pain to look at her face . |
| 12 | It gave him ample time to check the house . |
| 13 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 14 | I argued , I fought , but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible ; it gave him some strange consolation . |
| 15 | but with her being ill it , she says it gave him another sense of duty that |
| 16 | It gave him more time to devote to music and allowed him to pour his suffocating feelings of negativity into songs . |
| 17 | No doubt it gave him more time to enjoy his new pride and joy , a Harley Davidson , classic Hells Angels style motorcycle . |
| 18 | It gave him little time to think of his own problems . |
| 19 | She , she was off , off sick and er so for the last six months I did sister 's duties which was very useful because er it , it , it gave me that little bit of independence , working on my own whereas before you 'd always got either the staff nurse or the sister to fall back on . |
| 20 | It gave me great pleasure to play it with Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms , and in Salzburg , Lucerne , Berlin , and Japan . |
| 21 | It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction . |
| 22 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 23 | It gave me strange things to think of when I found myself looking at my own boy 's face in a picture painted three hundred years ago ! |
| 24 | It gave me 33 mpg . |
| 25 | Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief . |
| 26 | It gave me some insight into the upgraded version , but no details . |
| 27 | ‘ It gave me some advice about dealing with problems which might arise . ’ |
| 28 | It gave me free education , a home and free medical care . ’ |
| 29 | It gave me enough impetus to finish the exit , though I dare say he , like me , felt only marginally warmer for being on land . |
| 30 | But I can tell you it gave them all a good laugh in casualty when they discovered what had happened . ’ |