Example sentences of "that give [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Exasperated , I told her that given his behaviour , it was far more likely that her son would bite my dog !
2 I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support .
3 We did pain relief and I did all my exercises , had films , talks , books that give me advice and everything , dead good they are .
4 He says unkind things that give me pain , Harry .
5 It 's the small details and unusual pieces like these that give their home its character and strongly individual style .
6 they 're not involved , the people the people that give their approval are the people that want it !
7 At the Stella Artois Grass Court Championships , he showed once again , that give him grass , a ‘ bat ’ , and he is surely the best striker of a ball in the world .
8 I 'm sure it was that give him trouble .
9 In an organization , they may rarely come to the attention of a predominantly male management in ways that give them power and encouragement .
10 But fundamentally , of course , there is a massive overlap between the two movements in terms both of the issues and of the values and philosophical concerns that give our work any meaning at all .
11 It is clearly seen in water and grass in the milking cows and in the cows that give us meat .
12 In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all .
13 We have begun to measure these trees , noting characteristics that give us clues to their genetic relationships : these trees , growing under plantation conditions , will eventually tell us whether we really have collected new genes useful to farmers who grow cocoa .
14 It 's not just synthetic ingredients that give your skin a boost — many modern products now contain plant extracts which have been used for their stimulating and soothing properties for thousands of years
15 You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) .
16 This area is the Coulin Forest , bounded by roads that give it detachment from other high ground , its mountains forming a compact group but individually having distinction of character and outline , some being of arresting appearance .
17 A new bank account that give you independence and freedom to choose how to organise your money the way you want , when you want .
18 I think more than anything I enjoy the freedom and there are two things in life that give you freedom .
19 Most people had come to understand the danger posed by Hitler 's Germany ; but they decided to delude themselves into believing that giving him Austria and Czechoslovakia would buy him off .
20 On the face of it , this is very alarming and seems to imply that giving your baby cow 's milk will have her haemorrhaging blood .
21 Some of the smokers were aware of his campaign against passive smoking — the kind that gave him cancer in smoke-tarred clubs .
22 Belonging here defined him , made him free to wander , because here he had roots to return to , an anchor that gave him stability and a sense of permanence .
23 It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power .
24 There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause .
25 In the end it was the regular-footer Elkerton 's ability to hit for six every type of wave — leg-breaks , off-breaks , googlies , head-severing bouncers — that the Pacific could bowl at him that gave him supremacy .
26 It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last …
27 There must have been something about Sir Paul that gave him confidence .
28 One member , Bill Corless , particularly liked the exercises that gave him suppleness and flow .
29 His talents were demonstrated through a system that gave him opportunities and brought out the best in him .
30 What else could lead researchers to test the ultimate laws of nature with machines bigger than the ancient state of Athens , or to seek to live in space , cast adrift from the world that gave them birth ?
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