Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it give [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 So I went to a very good secondary school but I was in the A one stream right the way through and I was always within that top three of that A one stream and it gave me confidence and I really got on .
2 Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers .
3 If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good .
4 It was a Scottish voice and it gave her comfort .
5 Wilson knew she was being patronised if not mocked outright , but no trace of expression crossed her face and it gave her satisfaction that she knew it did not .
6 She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital — one of her favourite ‘ legitimate ’ jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers .
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