Example sentences of "it [verb] give [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 2 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 3 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 4 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 5 | And it has given us all a richer life . |
| 6 | It has given us all a lift . ’ |
| 7 | it has to give you that effect I thought it was marvellous |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But it did give him unique access to the Shah . |
| 10 | We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence . |
| 11 | When Sophie praised a necklet of rubies that she was wearing , it appeared to give him great pleasure . |
| 12 | Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen as the Chairman of South Cambridgeshire District Council it does give me great pleasure to welcome the Institute of Environmental Health Officers to Girton College here in South Cambridgeshire this morning . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I would , I would hope that as erm , as a committee we can support all these objectives , er , it does give me some cause for concern , that our own government is objecting to these provisions . |
| 15 | ‘ It does give them white-spot . |
| 16 | Yes it does give them more identity . |
| 17 | The whole idea of judging by one hundred days was resurrected in the Kennedy time and people applied that to Wilson and to Heath and to Margaret Thatcher , and maybe it 's just a media hype , but I think it does give us some view and I think we need more of a view on this man , because a lot of people are saying will the real John Major please stand up . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It 's given me five clear working days to set up my appointments for next week . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 21 | These are the ones the what 's it 's given us alright ? |