Example sentences of "that gave his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France , Joffre , though discredited , was appointed Chief Military Adviser to the Government , a titular post that gave his incompetence less scope . |
| 2 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |
| 3 | And it was surely not merely over-confidence of his good usage here that gave his eyes that insolent green blaze , and his voice the sharp , clear edge of defiance . |
| 4 | But Bugatti was an innovator and it was his work at suspension development that gave his cars the edge over his rivals . |
| 5 | It was his sense of history , part romantic , part Christian , and his sense of American society that gave his films their dramatic and visual power . |