Example sentences of "thing [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 'll start feeling better quite soon ; a more balanced diet , a little more activity , and a positive attitude are all things that give you a sense of well being and vitality . |
| 2 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
| 3 | It would seem that there was no other way in which the urge to enshrine and secure the things that give joy and satisfaction could be satisfied . |
| 4 | What I think is happening , I find this interesting , people are rejecting the idea of the aesthetic , and I 'm not quite sure why ; I do n't know whether they think it 's elitist or whether they 've got no taste of their own , or what , I do n't know , but people read poems not as poems which convey aesthetic emotion , which is the way I tend to think about poems ultimately , but simply as ideological statements and political texts , or at least , things that give you some understanding of the way people thought or so on at the time … . |
| 5 | I think I probably have more knowledge of the really important things that give a person dignity than … ’ |
| 6 | He says unkind things that give me pain , Harry . |
| 7 | Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose . |
| 8 | He was older so I listened to him , so I 'd shoplift all these things and give them to him . ’ |
| 9 | Given that by then the teenage assumptions of invulnerability have tended to evaporate , what better time to put away childish things and give up that nasty teenage habit ? |
| 10 | ‘ I would expect them to do the honourable thing and give me my job back . ’ |