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	It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change .
4	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 .
5	Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on .
6	‘ And he just stood there , ’ Emlyn concluded , ‘ looking so desperate that I gave us both an enormous gin and tonic ! ’
7	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 .
8	I was so surprised that I gave a great shout .
9	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 .
10	She felt slightly ashamed that it gave her such satisfaction .
11	But in fact the whole fluffy , vapid confection is so resolutely unmemorable that it gives as much offence as a toothless poodle .
12	Erm it 's quite important that we give out a very professional .
13	and so it 's very important that you give the bearing correctly .
14	It is certainly true that he gave a sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows , with a gold heart round her neck , to the hospice .

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