Example sentences of "it gave [pron] [adj] [noun] " 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 In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia .
6 In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia .
7 It was a strange place and it gave him strange ideas ; he was oddly aware of those who had played , and loved and quarrelled there .
8 It gave him that Vogue -ish look that belonged to his life as an international racing star .
9 It gave him great pain to look at her face .
10 It gave him ample time to check the house .
11 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 .
12 but with her being ill it , she says it gave him another sense of duty that
13 It gave him more time to devote to music and allowed him to pour his suffocating feelings of negativity into songs .
14 No doubt it gave him more time to enjoy his new pride and joy , a Harley Davidson , classic Hells Angels style motorcycle .
15 It gave him little time to think of his own problems .
16 It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction .
17 It gave me great pleasure to play it with Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms , and in Salzburg , Lucerne , Berlin , and Japan .
18 It gave me strange things to think of when I found myself looking at my own boy 's face in a picture painted three hundred years ago !
19 It gave me 33 mpg .
20 Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief .
21 It gave me some insight into the upgraded version , but no details .
22 It gave me some advice about dealing with problems which might arise . ’
23 It gave me free education , a home and free medical care . ’
24 It gave me enough impetus to finish the exit , though I dare say he , like me , felt only marginally warmer for being on land .
25 It gave her great delight , to see her children and Charles 's , here , thus , in the centre .
26 It gave her great satisfaction that after a couple of months she proved as expert as Ferdinando , learning rapidly how to drive a hard bargain .
27 It was slow , backbreaking work , but it gave her great satisfaction .
28 It gave her great qualms that it had been lying in the hall since the morning 's post , as if it had an atmosphere capable of permeating the whole house .
29 I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do .
30 She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital — one of her favourite ‘ legitimate ’ jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers .
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