Example sentences of "but it give [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Des starts to offer coffee , but it gives her another opening : ‘ No , I 'll go make my own , thank you . |
| 2 | But it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mark Lennox Boyd , the parliamentary under secretary of state , the foreign and commonwealth office , a position he 's held for some time . |
| 3 | Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on . |
| 4 | This is probably nowhere near as long as your list but it gives you some idea of how much detail is needed in recording items . |
| 5 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 6 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 7 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 8 | It was slow , backbreaking work , but it gave her great satisfaction . |
| 9 | Through that , Red Rhino came up with a matching deal which was not very high in terms of money or anything but it gave them some status , certainly with promotion . |
| 10 | But it gave its inner-city policy a new direction by stressing the role of private enterprise in economic regeneration . |
| 11 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 12 | True that the railway did not invent much of this beauty , but it gave us new vistas of it . |