Example sentences of "it gave [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 2 | Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace . |
| 3 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 4 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 5 | It gave him that Vogue -ish look that belonged to his life as an international racing star . |
| 6 | It gave him great pain to look at her face . |
| 7 | It gave him ample time to check the house . |
| 8 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 9 | but with her being ill it , she says it gave him another sense of duty that |
| 10 | It gave him more time to devote to music and allowed him to pour his suffocating feelings of negativity into songs . |
| 11 | No doubt it gave him more time to enjoy his new pride and joy , a Harley Davidson , classic Hells Angels style motorcycle . |
| 12 | It gave him little time to think of his own problems . |
| 13 | It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction . |
| 14 | It gave me great pleasure to play it with Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms , and in Salzburg , Lucerne , Berlin , and Japan . |
| 15 | Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief . |
| 16 | It gave me some insight into the upgraded version , but no details . |
| 17 | ‘ It gave me some advice about dealing with problems which might arise . ’ |
| 18 | It gave me free education , a home and free medical care . ’ |
| 19 | It gave me enough impetus to finish the exit , though I dare say he , like me , felt only marginally warmer for being on land . |
| 20 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 21 | The Commission was supposed to be guided in its deliberations by the Nazimov Rescript , the programme adopted by the Main Committee in December 1858 , and the schemes devised by the provincial gentry committees , but the first and third of these were too conservative for its taste and in the first year of its life it gave them short shrift . |
| 22 | Eliza 's priorities were as a mother , and if Gould had some sympathy with this , it gave them little ground for compromise . |
| 23 | Through that , Red Rhino came up with a matching deal which was not very high in terms of money or anything but it gave them some status , certainly with promotion . |
| 24 | And it gave it some condition , you know , when I |
| 25 | It gave us such household names as Glasgow , Linlithgow , Lanark , Bathgate , Dalkeith , Stirling , Perth , Aberdeen , Arbroath , the Tay , the Clyde , the Forth etc , as well as our capital 's Edin , and the famous burn 's Bannock . |