Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] it give " in BNC.
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| 1 | While accepting wholeheartedly the value of this sort of study — the discipline that goes by the name of philology in English-speaking countries — Saussure argued that it gave only a partial account of linguistic phenomena . |
| 2 | We were getting more mileage out of an asset we already owned and it gave the business a wider base to cope with fluctuations in any part of it . |
| 3 | After the awards were announced , The Saturday Review commented that it gave ‘ the impression of an overgrown hotel at a watering place , with one of Wren 's city spires perched on its north-west angle next the parade , to hold the dinner-bell ’ . |
| 4 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 5 | She was always quiet , which I liked because it gave me a chance to talk without interruption . |
| 6 | I chose the example I did because it gave an important history of another library , Glasgow , and because it had also belonged at one time to the Guildhall Library , which had passed it on to them . |
| 7 | Donald Brash , the governor of the Reserve Bank , suggested that it gave scope for easing monetary controls and predicted that it would result in lower interest rates . |