Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] gives [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 2 | They not only make an income from their paintings , and the cards from them , but their work gives them the challenge to succeed despite handicap . |
| 3 | Only her anger gives her the energy to lift her arm to look at her watch . |
| 4 | Buzzcocks differ in only one way from their contemporaries : they possess a spark of originality ( that was important once , remember ? ) , and their music gives you the impression they spent longer than the customary ten minutes clutching the quill in preparation to write . |
| 5 | Conrad and Philippa think they are real , and their reality gives them the right to doubt mine . |
| 6 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 7 | GRAHAM Finney does not mind that his hobby gives him the needle … for it helps him create textile masterpieces . |