Example sentences of "[prep] giving him the " in BNC.
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1 | And after a meeting of the club 's directors yesterday , Rovers vice-chairman Geoff Dunford revealed : ‘ We are very pleased with the job Malcolm is doing and we are considering giving him the job until the end of the season . ’ |
2 | She did n't feel like giving him the news . |
3 | He had tried to beat his son into giving him the respect he was unable to feel for himself . |
4 | I have another seven days before Jens 's cousin arrives from the States and finds his would-be protégé has been seduced into giving him the cold shoulder . ’ |
5 | Pickering had nurtured Davies since his days as a schoolboy triple jumper , and Davies has frequently credited Pickering with giving him the confidence to compete at top level . |
6 | The 26-year-old University of Natal graduate , credited his god with giving him the concentration he needed for his marathon . |
7 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
8 | Robyn shot back , furious with herself for giving him the opportunity to make her feel foolish and inferior all over again . |
9 | Harvey said , ‘ Yes , ’ very briefly , and handed it over before giving him the little 6.35-mm . |
10 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |
11 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |
12 | And without giving him the satisfaction of knowing how deeply he had hurt her . |
13 | He managed somehow to get Caspar near the tree and by giving him the wrapping to chew he got him to stop barking . |
14 | The old king rewarded Sigmar by giving him the warhammer Ghal Maraz , or Skull Splitter , an ancient magic heirloom of Kurgan 's house . |
15 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
16 | Anthemius intended to acknowledge his achievements by giving him the title of patricius , but the emperor was himself killed by Gundobad . |