Example sentences of "[adv] gave the impression " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appealed to most New Zealand judges simply because he made good use of the blindside , mixed up his passes and kicks and generally gave the impression that he could play the percentages very much in the New Zealand fashion . |
| 2 | It somehow gave the impression that the fowl had led such a delightful and pleasurable existence that it was a positive act of virtue to eat it . |
| 3 | Beside her hovered Legion , in a multiplicity of bodies , all of which somehow gave the impression of looking directly at her . |
| 4 | A stranger entered the bidding and soon gave the impression that he was determined to carry on for as long as was required to obtain the Baron . |
| 5 | Newspaper publicity always gave the impression that the school could train anyone from scratch with little or no dance experience so young readers felt that they could just turn up without an appointment and would immediately be seen by this apparently motherly woman called Jennie Tiller . |
| 6 | With the brimming in-tray on his desk and his faintly harassed short-sleeved appearance Tom always gave the impression of having snatched organisation from the brink of chaos . |
| 7 | But he always gave the impression that he cared much more about people than things — even if that meant falling , as Pat would have it , for the occasional sob story . |
| 8 | He had also been a talented professional wrestler in his youth ( i.e. a good actor ) and still gave the impression that he could look after himself if pushed around . |
| 9 | The sound of six Frenchwomen all talking at once gave the impression of a barnyard invaded by a marauding fox , with Monsieur Gauthier rushing to and fro , beating the air with his hands like a distraught chanticleer . |
| 10 | Hitler himself provided encouragement for such opinion when , in his major speech in the Berlin Sportpalast on 3 October 1941 , he not only defended the invasion of the Soviet Union as a preventive war , pre-empting in the nick of time a planned Bolshevik assault on the Reich , but also gave the impression that the back of the Soviet fighting capability had already been broken . |
| 11 | He also gave the impression , although I do not think he made a specific statement , that he had in fact had discussions with the Biafrans . |
| 12 | In public , McFarlane and North often gave the impression of patient negotiation with politicians who did not take their view on the contras . |
| 13 | What we as a family were unanimous about was that he adopted no pose of being the distinguished writer , and even gave the impression that he much preferred not to be treated as such . |
| 14 | I think it was overspeculated in the press that we 've sold the premises and it , it well gave the impression that perhaps we might be open you know , some people might not think we 're open even . |
| 15 | Apparently uncertain as to camera angles , Witchell and the others frequently gave the impression of having spotted a lesbian stalking across the floor . |
| 16 | Little wonder that he sometimes gave the impression of inattentiveness in class ; he was inebriated in a world of letters , engulfed by an avalanche of ideas and images , forms and metres , essays and critiques : a fast-changing , provocative kaleidoscope which took his already well-stocked and fertile mind to fresh heights . |
| 17 | Wharton sometimes gave the impression he had hit the challenger with every punch in the book , and was losing interest . |
| 18 | Kenneth Williams resorted to so many different voices which sometimes gave the impression that he was n't always sure himself which one was going to come out . |
| 19 | He was a modest and unassuming man who never gave the impression that he knew all the answers . |
| 20 | Suharto 's pronouncements , although clouded in typical ambiguity , certainly gave the impression that he would stand for a sixth term . |
| 21 | But the standard biography of her did , in my opinion , leave out too much of the rather conservative views she held and therefore gave the impression that Octavia Hill was a rather kindlier and gentler person than she really was . |