Example sentences of "that [pers pn] give [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lay down on her and penetrated her again so that she gave a cry of relief . |
| 2 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 3 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 4 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 5 | Unofficial strike action followed and the union 's own bankers were granted an injunction prohibiting the NUS from transferring any of their property abroad , on the principle that third parties must ensure that they gave no aid to any action which might occur if the union 's property were sequestrated as a result of some future contempt of court . |
| 6 | This so alarmed the Sicilians , who wanted nothing to do with a German prince , that they gave the throne to William 's illegitimate cousin , Tancred of Lecca , an ambitious man famed for his ugliness of both temper and physique . |
| 7 | Huge stiffened but graceful garlands were hung from twenty-four tiny hooks set round the gallery parapet , and were constructed so cleverly that they gave the impression of winding around the gallery pillars . |
| 8 | The second reason is immigration , where we gained on balance about half a million people and they of course were mostly young , they had their families here , so that they gave the impression of having very high birthrates . |
| 9 | It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change . |
| 10 | But a proper understanding of the concept of communicative competence would have revealed that it gives no endorsement for the neglect of grammar . |
| 11 | The strengths of the theory are , first that it explains the perceptual phenomena I have just described , second that the brain has a real need for the operation it postulates , and third that it gives a role to a prominent but hitherto unexplained anatomical characteristic of the neocortex . |
| 12 | The texture of Les Majeurs is so light and natural that it gives a sensation of comfort and a sensational finish . |
| 13 | If as we indicated , Grice 's theory of meaning-nn is construed as a theory of communication , it has the interesting consequence that it gives an account of how communication might be achieved in the absence of any conventional means for expressing the intended message . |
| 14 | ‘ The most important thing about the Prince of Wales Initiative is that it gives the opportunity for other industries to share their knowledge of environmental protection , ’ she says . |
| 15 | The fire was so small and mean that it gave no warmth at all . |
| 16 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 17 | Inside , the room was bathed in a chic and sickly light , so sickly and so chic that it gave the impression of being a chartreuse light ( chartreuse is this year 's chic colour ; its sickliness needs no introduction from me ) although it was in fact pink . |
| 18 | It is certainly true that he gave a sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows , with a gold heart round her neck , to the hospice . |
| 19 | that he gave the names of two patients to journalists without first seeking their permission ; |
| 20 | Surere , presumably , had sent for him because he needed his help ; why was it , then , that he gave the impression of bestowing a favour ? |