Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blast , I 'd forgotten all about that little oddity , although it did give me pause at the time . |
| 2 | He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections . |
| 3 | He retained an affection for Paris and a gratitude for the intellectual advantages that it had given him to which he later referred as pope . |
| 4 | The record of this parliament is incomplete , but the recollection of contemporaries seems unequivocal , and in later , more difficult , circumstances parliament was to be reminded more than once that it had given its assent to the war . |
| 5 | Thanks to our parliamentary system and the stability that it has given us , the British people have been spared the horrors of revolution , civil war and invasion for more than 300 years . |
| 6 | Even before the report went to the printers , the Ombudsman , Sir Anthony Barrawclough , was told by the DTI 's most senior officer that it intended to give its own view , in a separate document , on the responsibilities of regulators . |
| 7 | We rehearsed so much stuff that it 's given us plenty of music to play around with on the tour . |
| 8 | Actually some groups in current Western society wear what could almost be termed a uniform , in that it serves to give them a distinct identity , for example skinheads , hippies , and the tinted , spiked hair brigade ; in fact these non-verbal cues can influence interaction to such an extent that one has to be careful to avoid stereotyping , sometimes quite erroneously . |
| 9 | And it does give him a few funny stories to tell his mates in the pub . |
| 10 | I pumped one through today on something lost and it does give you an immediate link to , a written link . |
| 11 | Wales coach Alan Davies admitted : ‘ John Eales 's absence will certainly disrupt Australia and it does give us a bit of an extra chance of winning some line-out ball . |
| 12 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 13 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 14 | Now he drew himself upwards and stepped back from her , and it seemed to give her space to breathe , for she drew air into her lungs and for the first time she spoke , almost whimpering now : ‘ I … |
| 15 | Anna had explained , and it had given her the opportunity to describe details her daughter found miraculous . |
| 16 | He had held on to her hand as her flight was called , and it had given her the way out without tears . |
| 17 | And erm , we got another hoe oh er , I do n't like using it cos it 's got wood and it keeps giving me splinters ! |
| 18 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 19 | ‘ It 's knackering and it has given me spots , ’ she sighs . |
| 20 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 21 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 22 | And it has given us all a richer life . |
| 23 | If , if , if it 's given you a slightly different slant on it , and you 're thinking has changed . |
| 24 | André was far too exuberant to be shattered by something like that , but it had given her ego a kick . |
| 25 | Not that our sort is given to bragging in any case , but it had given my dad — a branch manager for one of the High Street banks — a certain quiet satisfaction to be able to let his staff know that his son was ‘ going up ’ to Oxford . |
| 26 | This is a slow and imperfect process , but it does give them back most of their original caudal functions . |
| 27 | And I learn quite a lot myself but it does give me that little bit of a challenge that er I think is helpful in retirement . |
| 28 | Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received . |
| 29 | I sha n't be telling you all about these men , but it does give you some idea , the way we were , the chorus , the bit players in this romance which is what I really want to tell you about . |
| 30 | ‘ Having a good body is not the best thing in the world , ’ Cindy told More ! magazine , ‘ but it does give you a lot more self-confidence . ’ |