Example sentences of "that give [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now let that give you an idea how serious things are . |
| 2 | Was it you that give us a card ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Aboriginal communities have been so disenfranchised in the past that giving them a say in policies and decisions affecting them is seen as a key element in improving their health |
| 5 | Indeed , the Aboriginal communities have been so disenfranchised in the past that giving them a say in decisions and policies affecting them is seen as a key element in improving their health . |
| 6 | Leading Scot was Adam Hunter after a 72 for 291 that gave him a share of 13th place and a cheque for £5,783 . |
| 7 | But World War I gave him the chance to stand on internationalist ground with an uncompromising fervour and personal courage that gave him a status denied to most of the others , whose work lay in the factories and in the shop stewards ' movement . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Inspection of Enid 's diary , however , showed that there was very little in her week that gave her a sense of achievement or pleasure . |
| 11 | I turned round and there , six feet away , was the edge of a crater twenty feet across ; that gave me a shock . |
| 12 | ‘ When I was fired at , he missed and that gave me a love of life . ’ |
| 13 | And there was something in the dusty black of her coat , the half-wild scrawny look of her , that gave me a clue . |
| 14 | Any news that gave me a chance to see her again was good news . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Gosh , that gave me a scare ! ’ breathed Shirley , and Heather nodded . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In addition , the finished cloth had a natural , peasanty look , often full of flaws and slubs , that gave it a charm and character which coincided perfectly with the image Laura sought . |
| 19 | The house it penned was old and brown with a porch that gave it a sort of potbelly . |
| 20 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
| 21 | All Americans go Eh Nine o'clock tomorrow I 'm going over to Kate ten thirty that gives me a bit of lee-way I 've got a at ten I thought it was ten thirty I ought to get some money out really You 're not going into Woking tomorrow morning are you doing your quiz ? |
| 22 | Everything that torments me , everything I do n't have and that I long for , that makes me indignant , or sick , or suffocates me , everything that gives me a feeling of light and warmth , and by which I live , and everything that destroys me — it 's all there in your film , I see it as if in a mirror . |
| 23 | This is how my mind works : If I leave at 10.30 that gives me an hour before I go to sleep to stuff myself . |
| 24 | In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow . |
| 25 | It 's not like the virus that gives you a cold . |
| 26 | There is , indeed , a snake — the Formosan banded krait — that gives you a type of instant miocencia , and the discovery that the venom of this animal contains a toxin that can do this has , indirectly , led to the elucidation of the mechanism behind miocenia gravis . |
| 27 | Because choosing both the right type or investment and the particular institution with which you are likely to feel happiest is such an important decision , even after you have chosen a scheme you will have a 14-day cooling off period that gives you a chance to change your mind . |
| 28 | At the moment , the choice is quite clear — you either want an environment that gives you a GUI over a DOS , or you want an OS ( operating system ) that is a GUI in its own right . |
| 29 | So that gives you an idea there was seventeen stations in Stronsay five in Papay. well you see |
| 30 | Right that depends on how general you 're talking about , does er , eh so that gives you an idea there , when I was working with them |