Example sentences of "it gave [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It gave everyone a good introduction as to what we can expect — the weather was hot and the pitch typically flat . ’ |
| 2 | It gave everyone a bit of a fright . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
| 4 | However , it gave her no carnal pleasure , and she wondered how it could ever be associated with erotic games . |
| 5 | It gave her no comfort . |
| 6 | It gave her a rather unique 360-degree view of the place . |
| 7 | It gave her a dull all-over pain more acute than any kind of real pain . |
| 8 | Her first sight of it gave her a severe shock . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | and it gave her a great thrill . |
| 11 | It gave her a feeling of vindictive pleasure . |
| 12 | I 'm sure she enjoyed it and that it gave her a purpose in life . |
| 13 | I guess that it gave her a sense of independence and allowed her personality , which was fairly dominant , to develop . |
| 14 | 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 ? ’ |
| 15 | It gave her a special place in her mother 's eyes . |
| 16 | It was the first time she had uttered the word husband ; it gave her a sense of propriety . |
| 17 | It gave her a marvellous feeling of having escaped the cold clutches of the north and all her unhappiness there . |
| 18 | She could feel his heartbeat against her breast and it gave her a feeling of longing she had never experienced before . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It gave her a perverse buzz to be amongst them , knowing she was doing her bit to bring about their defeat . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It gave her a buzz just to look at him . |
| 25 | But the pretence of searching for it gave her a moment to think . |
| 26 | It gave her a chance to put everything on hold for a brief while , recharge the batteries after a flight . |
| 27 | Lucy had to stand on tiptoe to use it , but when she did it gave her a partial view of the clientele at their tables . |
| 28 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 29 | It gave her a warm , relaxed , glowing feeling inside . |
| 30 | It gave her a comfortable glow to think of the church and the life that went on around it , dear and familiar and with the same basic pattern everywhere . |