Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] give him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 2 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 3 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 4 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
| 5 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
| 6 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 7 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 8 | Clearly some forward planning in 1992 would have given him the opportunity to organise his affairs and avoid many of his problems . |
| 9 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps people will start to give him the credit he deserves . |