Example sentences of "it would give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Mr Coleby 's visit , she needed the relief it would give her . |
| 2 | It would give her something to do . |
| 3 | At least it would give her the opportunity to make a start on her copious notes . |
| 4 | Still , it sounded like a fascinating challenge , and she 'd never been to Sheffield before , so it would give her an opportunity to see another little bit of the world . |
| 5 | At least it would give her more time to recover . |
| 6 | She looked at him reflectively , realising it would give her more time to cope with the task that concerned him . |
| 7 | At least it would give her the chance to judge his side of the story . |
| 8 | How was I to know it would give her a heart attack when it reacted unfavourably with some other medicine she was taking/ I only meant to give her a bit of discomfort . |
| 9 | ‘ For some children it would give them the opportunity to wreak mayhem , while other , more sensitive children would be deeply affected out of all proportion to what they had done . |
| 10 | At least it would give them some idea , at least they would now understand how things were . |
| 11 | Eileen had been horrified , sure it would give them both their death of cold to let the fresh air in at night . |
| 12 | Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn . |
| 13 | It would give them the push they needed to come out into the open . |
| 14 | But it would give them much-needed practice in monitoring lower limits in future . |
| 15 | Communist Party thought that how that by giving peasants their own land it would give them the incentive to increase production which |
| 16 | But the people who built them — the thirty or forty people possibly at the most in Oxford who built those houses — it would solve their problems and it would give them a completely new slant on life to have built their own houses . |
| 17 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 18 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 19 | I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright . |
| 20 | Caledor does not draw the Sword of Khaine even though it would give him the power to defeat the Witch King . |
| 21 | He did n't want to drag them , because even though it would give him more room there would be a risk of noise which might attract the attention of the housekeeper . |
| 22 | Well , I wo n't say but that was fair enough , a pity he has not the key he needs to read it , it would give him pleasure . |
| 23 | It would give him pleasure to make jokes that were n't funny while he was dressed up in the wedding-dress of a woman he claimed had been murdered also . |
| 24 | I might just do that ; it would give him a nice surprise . |
| 25 | It would give him great pleasure to write a large cheque for something special for Rose 's birthday — a particularly splendid piece of jewellery , perhaps — but he could n't . |
| 26 | If he and Zoe had half each , it would give him about forty thousand pounds ' worth of capital . |
| 27 | That would n't be time enough to think but at least it would give me a chance to calm down . |
| 28 | Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window . |
| 29 | All I can say to you is that if it is to be good news , it would give me more pleasure than I can say ; and if it is to be bad — I have gone through it , and Anne , and many others , and one does survive and go on , though you think you never will … |
| 30 | ‘ It would give me great pleasure . ’ |