Example sentences of "[pers pn] a sense [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it 's an adventure and it gives you a sense of freedom . |
| 2 | As I 'm passing this great big q , queue it always give you a sense of well-being does n't it , when you can walk by to the front sort of thing , not to the front of the queue , you can just walk in . |
| 3 | Aunt Lilian had invented the Game when I was at school in order to increase my knowledge of world events and give me a sense of history . |
| 4 | ‘ He instilled in me a sense of pride in my country , the need to preserve our heritage and culture . |
| 5 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 6 | ‘ It gives me a sense of continuation . ’ |
| 7 | He was intensely serious about the place of art in life , and I can remember painting a picture in the main art room at Berkhamstead , one I was to sell years later in Manchester , and the way in which he valued this gave me a sense of value in my own achievement . |
| 8 | It gave me a sense of liberation , being able to look around without overbalancing . |
| 9 | It gave me a sense of security — security against myself . |
| 10 | The ‘ step demure ’ and ‘ downward lids ’ offend me , and never bring me a sense of virtue … |
| 11 | ‘ It gave me a sense of control . |
| 12 | And you can only do that by giving them a sense of direction . ’ |
| 13 | And I think another reason why we do so well educationally is that the baby gives them a sense of direction and purpose and they may not want to get 16+ exams but they want to for their baby . |
| 14 | Debt burdens nearly always bring with them a sense of imprisonment . |
| 15 | The object was to give them a sense of purpose and once they were harnessed to that proposition , they policed themselves , so to speak . |
| 16 | But one criticism made later in the same commentary drew attention to what was thought to be missing " above all , two things : one of them a sense of history , both a broad and more local framework within which the achievement of these schools can be placed and evaluated ; the other a sense of the actual texture of the schools themselves " ( Tizard et al. |
| 17 | To foster in pupils a love of literature , to encourage their awareness of its unique relationship to human experience and to promote in them a sense of excitement in the power and potential of language can be one of the greatest joys of the English teacher . |
| 18 | Whatever it was , it gave them a sense of reverence , and services in these little churches always had a great spirit of worship . |
| 19 | I gave them a sense of pride . |
| 20 | This is known as a ‘ seat ’ and , being partially hidden , it gives them a sense of security . |
| 21 | Their scent markings help to familiarise them with their territory , and give them a sense of security . |
| 22 | Good sailing centres will have at least one and certainly the R Y A ones do and they 're important because if beginners get into difficulties out on the water you need to be able to get to them as quickly as possible and it also gives them a sense of security to have one of these things around . |
| 23 | By showing them that they mattered to Him as people He gave them a sense of dignity and released them from their captivity . |
| 24 | Many shy people find the role of the detached evaluator a useful one : it gives them a sense of power over those people who need a lot of obvious approval , yet the role does n't demand too much of a contribution from them . |
| 25 | He glanced towards Grégoire , knowing that happiness sprang from him ; he had brought Edouard love ; he had also given back to him a sense of purpose . |
| 26 | All this focus on time gave him a sense of peace , and he died an hour after the worker had left him . |
| 27 | They created in him a sense of desire and longing . |
| 28 | It aims at winning over a man by the power of love and gentle persuasion and by arousing in him a sense of justice rather than forcing him to submit out of fear and embarrassment . |
| 29 | It aims , as we have shown , at winning a man over by the power of love and gentle persuasion and by arousing in him a sense of justice rather than by forcing him to submit out of fear and embarrassment . |
| 30 | The letter in his hand aroused in him a sense of urgency that offset his fear of the narrow enclosed footpath known locally as Dead Man 's Alley . |