Example sentences of "it give [pron] a " in BNC.
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1 | If the company does n't look after its documents , does it give it a justification for a journalist being asked to reveal his source ? ’ |
2 | Does your tennis game suffer from nervous tension … does it give you a headache … do you need to unwind on court ? |
3 | Glassfibre aggregate must be as hard-wearing as anything used now , and would n't it give you a warm glow to know that your old Saucy Sal was helping you speed to your new shining craft down the newly laid section of the motorway ? |
4 | And did it give you a high ? |
5 | But it did it give you a laugh though ? |
6 | Delaney pulled the curtain across , covering Forster who cut a small slit in the opaque green plastic , widening it to give himself a better field of view . |
7 | I said it to give her a little confidence . |
8 | In reality this is inaudible under water so do n't rely on it to give you a reminder . |
9 | ‘ It gave everyone a good introduction as to what we can expect — the weather was hot and the pitch typically flat . ’ |
10 | It gave everyone a bit of a fright . ’ |
11 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
12 | It gave her a rather unique 360-degree view of the place . |
13 | It gave her a dull all-over pain more acute than any kind of real pain . |
14 | Her first sight of it gave her a severe shock . |
15 | She had wanted to know how much it mattered to him because he would n't let on , and it gave her a valuable lever . |
16 | and it gave her a great thrill . |
17 | It gave her a feeling of vindictive pleasure . |
18 | I 'm sure she enjoyed it and that it gave her a purpose in life . |
19 | I guess that it gave her a sense of independence and allowed her personality , which was fairly dominant , to develop . |
20 | Blood was dripping from her right hand , The sight of it gave her a funny cold feeling inside , and the thought flashed through her mind : ‘ Shall I be able to paint again ? ’ |
21 | It gave her a special place in her mother 's eyes . |
22 | It was the first time she had uttered the word husband ; it gave her a sense of propriety . |
23 | It gave her a marvellous feeling of having escaped the cold clutches of the north and all her unhappiness there . |
24 | She could feel his heartbeat against her breast and it gave her a feeling of longing she had never experienced before . |
25 | She loved Nick , loved him so much sometimes that it gave her a pain , but she hated to be told to do something she was going to do anyway . |
26 | Everything was too bountiful in the New World , and after the austerity of wartime Britain , it gave her a feeling of guilt to be bathing in luxury when her countryfolk were fighting a war . |
27 | It gave her a perverse buzz to be amongst them , knowing she was doing her bit to bring about their defeat . |
28 | It gave her a rush of reeling noble , which on balance hurt less than letting her dismay at Xanthe 's poise work its sharp point into her . |
29 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |
30 | It gave her a buzz just to look at him . |