Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that [pers pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shields , of Carnac Crescent , Inverness , was said to have felt so guilty that he gave himself up to police after selling some of the haul to pay for drink . |
| 2 | It is perhaps interesting that she gave her forwarding address in America as 83 Brattle Street which was , in fact , where Emily Hale lived . |
| 3 | A council they oppose so much that they give us one of the lowest grants per head in the country , poll tax cap us , take us to court over redundancy payments , criticise us over the Meadow Well management and so on . |
| 4 | Excessive use of this technique in a self-administered or postal questionnaire can irritate respondents so much that they give up . |
| 5 | He did NOT write these words : ‘ God loved the brainy people and attractive people in the world so much that he gave his only Son , so that anyone with 8 GCSEs , 3 A-Levels and loads of friends may not die but have eternal life ’ ! ! |
| 6 | Did you want me so much that you gave them up ? ’ |
| 7 | It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change . |
| 8 | Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse . |
| 9 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 10 | ‘ And he just stood there , ’ Emlyn concluded , ‘ looking so desperate that I gave us both an enormous gin and tonic ! ’ |
| 11 | Inside , the room was bathed in a chic and sickly light , so sickly and so chic that it gave the impression of being a chartreuse light ( chartreuse is this year 's chic colour ; its sickliness needs no introduction from me ) although it was in fact pink . |
| 12 | I was so surprised that I gave a great shout . |
| 13 | If it is thus hardly surprising that he gave I and II Cnut his backing at a Christmas court at Winchester , it is also impossible to prove that his regime otherwise paid them much heed . |
| 14 | She felt slightly ashamed that it gave her such satisfaction . |
| 15 | But in fact the whole fluffy , vapid confection is so resolutely unmemorable that it gives as much offence as a toothless poodle . |
| 16 | Erm it 's quite important that we give out a very professional . |
| 17 | and so it 's very important that you give the bearing correctly . |
| 18 | It is certainly true that he gave a sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows , with a gold heart round her neck , to the hospice . |