Example sentences of "words give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words give us power over every other creature and thing in the natural world . |
| 2 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 3 | ‘ They 've got it up the stairs and through the front door , ’ he told them , the practical words giving nothing away about his mood . |
| 4 | Clare 's polite words gave her a moment of hope , which died , however , when she saw his face . |
| 5 | She knew it was ridiculous , but his words gave her a strange little tingle deep inside , and she was forced to smother the smile that kept trying to push its way to her lips . |
| 6 | His words gave her a slight shock as they sent tingles of pleasure through her , but she knew she must not allow them to go to her head , so she pushed them aside as she uttered a light laugh and said , ‘ Me — an angel ? |
| 7 | On a larger scale one might observe that his lifelong preoccupation with words gave him a kind of sensitivity to them , even if it was an unorthodox one ; and further that it is strange that a myth should so make its way if enshrined and embodied in words as inappropriate as critics have made out . |
| 8 | Ironically , his next words gave her spine just the stiffening it needed . |
| 9 | The emphasis on the last few words gave his game away . |
| 10 | Puffing our experiences and views into words gives them meaning and enables us to feel confident and in control . |