Example sentences of "[vb past] it give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reckoned it gave him a psychological advantage . ’ |
| 2 | He needed it to give him security , because he had none within himself . |
| 3 | He sipped delicately at his brandy , felt it giving him strength . |
| 4 | If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots . |
| 5 | ( Oh , yes , I was a handsome rogue , tall with jet-black hair , olive-skinned but with a cast in one eye , I always thought it gave me a devil-may-care look . ) |
| 6 | He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie . |
| 7 | Tell me did it give you , did you actually just say , I mean nineteen 's young |
| 8 | And did it give you a high ? |
| 9 | But it did it give you a laugh though ? |
| 10 | Lucy had to stand on tiptoe to use it , but when she did it gave her a partial view of the clientele at their tables . |
| 11 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 12 | I knew that if Sandy won it gave him exemptions in the US the next year , the US Masters , Tournament of Champions , World Series . |
| 13 | I said it to give her a little confidence . |
| 14 | Granny said it gave her someone to talk to when she was baking or doing the housework and Grandad liked to take Morag to the farm next door to show her the hens and pigs and the other animals who lived there . |
| 15 | Somehow , the way she said it gave it a capital letter . |
| 16 | But when I did n't put any you said why ca n't we have it with the onions any more and I said you said it gave you indigestion . |
| 17 | But when I did n't put any you said why ca n't we have it with the onions any more and I said you said it gave you indigestion . |
| 18 | I say if you , if you did decide on something and wanted it give me an opportunity to post Connie 's parcel . |
| 19 | She supposed it gave him his equanimity . |
| 20 | er you should be able to display more confidence , I mean that 's what Mike suggested it gives you more confidence to be able to do this . |