Example sentences of "it gave [pron] [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 even after his marriage , to mow the lawn ; it gave her so little enjoyment that Clara wondered why she did not let it go to seed .
2 It gave him even more pleasure in their latter years to see his parents ' joy at their children 's happiness , Peter 's included .
3 It gave me even more of a feeling of why pick now to put me through this .
4 It gave me so much joy … ’
5 Traditionalist to the core , the Legion fully encouraged the romanticism of escape from ‘ real life ’ and forgetting , because in practical terms it gave them that much more control over their members .
6 It was hot and the demonstration went on much too long , but it gave us all some idea of how caring the teachers were and it was a practical illustration of what the school was trying to do .
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