Example sentences of "that give [pers pn] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What I think is happening , I find this interesting , people are rejecting the idea of the aesthetic , and I 'm not quite sure why ; I do n't know whether they think it 's elitist or whether they 've got no taste of their own , or what , I do n't know , but people read poems not as poems which convey aesthetic emotion , which is the way I tend to think about poems ultimately , but simply as ideological statements and political texts , or at least , things that give you some understanding of the way people thought or so on at the time … . |
2 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
3 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
4 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |
5 | ‘ Do you think that gives you some kind of hold over me ? |