Example sentences of "[noun] that gave [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 2 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 3 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 4 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 5 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 6 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 7 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 8 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 9 | In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today |
| 10 | Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 13 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 14 | Those in the East End included a half-share in Chandler 's Wiltshire Brewery in the Hackney Road , Bethnal Green ( via the Lion brewery , Lambeth , the brewery that gave us the South Bank lion ) ; some of the pubs belonging to the Commercial Brewery Co in Commercial Road , Stepney , in 1927 ( the rest went to Hammerton 's brewery , Stockwell ) ; and West and Co , of the Three Crowns brewery , Hackney Road , Bethnal Green , with 60 pubs , in 1929 . |
| 15 | The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm . |
| 16 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 17 | It was the Royal College for the Blind at Hereford that gave him new inspiration by teaching him how to sculpt . |
| 18 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 19 | ‘ That headache has tightened you up all over — or perhaps it was the tightness that gave you the headache in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | Shiona watched it , reflecting that the reason for her sensitivity was that her private life was the only area of her existence that gave her absolutely no satisfaction at all . |
| 21 | Hidden away , pushed to the darker recesses of her mind , it was a tangible presence that gave her a degree of comfort in the terrible loneliness of her marriage . |
| 22 | Some of the smokers were aware of his campaign against passive smoking — the kind that gave him cancer in smoke-tarred clubs . |
| 23 | ‘ Second , once sterling left the ERM , and with inflation sharply down , we were right to take the opportunity that gave us to relax policy and get interest rates down . |
| 24 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 25 | Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go . |
| 26 | The residents complain to the city council that gave them the land — and discover that it has now designated the area as a garbage dump . |
| 27 | And they were the sort of corsets that gave you the the straight boyish look that was necessary for the clothes of the twenties and the early thirties which were cut on the cross . |
| 28 | Denis Smith says hopefully to get three points and play good football … there 's not much they can do in two days but his team talk will be tell the players to go out enjoy it and pass the ball … by a strange twist of fate Smith 's first match at the Manor is against the team that gave him the sack last season Bristol City |
| 29 | There was no one in the office , the entire sales team having discovered important appointments that gave them excuses to sneak off home and start the weekend early . |
| 30 | But World War I gave him the chance to stand on internationalist ground with an uncompromising fervour and personal courage that gave him a status denied to most of the others , whose work lay in the factories and in the shop stewards ' movement . |