Example sentences of "that gave she " in BNC.

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1 A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’
2 Inspection of Enid 's diary , however , showed that there was very little in her week that gave her a sense of achievement or pleasure .
3 ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’
4 As any girl knew , with any normal man , that gave her the ace .
5 Maybe she had finished with sexual intercourse for ever , maybe it was this possibility that gave her this peculiar conviction of strength , this sense of invulnerability , of certainty , of power .
6 Hidden away , pushed to the darker recesses of her mind , it was a tangible presence that gave her a degree of comfort in the terrible loneliness of her marriage .
7 It was Hallowe'en coming up that gave her the idea they 'd had lessons at school about ghosts , witches and Hallowe'en .
8 The hull was presumably steel ; it was this that gave her a rust-streaked look under the dirty coating of ice and snow .
9 Also any that gave her the wrong kind of buzz .
10 Because she was beautiful , with her flaxen blonde hair tumbling down her back and those unusual dark eyes and eyebrows that gave her a look of the exotic .
11 The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch .
12 But it was a mask-like smile that gave her face a waxy , basilisk look .
13 Emyard 's influence on a young woman from Tours , Emilie Tamisier ( 1834–1910 ) , that gave her the inspiration to dedicate herself to the salvation of society through the Eucharist .
14 Shiona watched it , reflecting that the reason for her sensitivity was that her private life was the only area of her existence that gave her absolutely no satisfaction at all .
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