Example sentences of "but it gave [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 4 | It was slow , backbreaking work , but it gave her great satisfaction . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it gave its inner-city policy a new direction by stressing the role of private enterprise in economic regeneration . |
| 7 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 8 | True that the railway did not invent much of this beauty , but it gave us new vistas of it . |