Example sentences of "[was/were] the [noun sg] that give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , perfecting her roll was the breakthrough that gave Lesley the confidence to fight for her own to go on the top of the waves and start experimenting with hotdogging tricks . |
| 2 | ‘ That headache has tightened you up all over — or perhaps it was the tightness that gave you the headache in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | Who was the man that gave the speech ? |
| 4 | It was the city that gave birth , in the late nineteenth century , to the cheap daily newspaper , which thereafter helped mold public opinion on political and social issues … |
| 5 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 6 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |