Example sentences of "that gave i " in BNC.

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1 The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground .
2 Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election .
3 He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win .
4 ‘ Gosh , that gave me a scare ! ’ breathed Shirley , and Heather nodded .
5 I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at .
6 ‘ When I was fired at , he missed and that gave me a love of life . ’
7 It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace .
8 He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect .
9 I turned round and there , six feet away , was the edge of a crater twenty feet across ; that gave me a shock .
10 Any edge that gave me would not last for long , and if I was going to protect my client , if she was my client , I 'd better get on with it .
11 Any news that gave me a chance to see her again was good news .
12 It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots .
13 And that gave me how many flies were gon na be eaten .
14 And it was this background you see that er that er th th that gave me at least the need for to play some some part in
15 She was fine and that gave me the courage to go on , then the unveiling was held up because the trustees thought it would be controversial and it was …
16 And there was something in the dusty black of her coat , the half-wild scrawny look of her , that gave me a clue .
17 And that gave me a terrible feeling , I just did n't know what to , whether to you know , you was sad and yet you felt wild at them putting it that way .
18 Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation .
19 It was something that gave me a framework for my experience , and in some ways kind of saved my life really because it gave me words to see that I was n't isolated , that there was a movement — it was very real and it was very gut .
20 ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’
21 Well that gave me a start of course , so immediately I got a warrant out , and he , some while afterwards he was picked up in London .
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