Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the benefit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony gave me the benefit of his wisdom as we stood on the edge of a mile-wide snow field and waved goodbye to Hafpor . |
| 2 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 3 | And perhaps because of Chrysler 's ignominious retreat from our only volume car manufacturing plant , we spared the cars nothing — never once gave them the benefit of the doubt in the sort of conditions which could tear a wheel off a less rugged vehicle . |
| 4 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 5 | General Robert Schweitzer , who told this story to the congressional lawyers , was a trifle envious that after 58 years of daily Mass and ‘ desperate messages to the Almighty ’ he himself had never been woken up at night ‘ with lights on the wall ’ and a vision of saving Nicaragua ; he was not sure Ms Studeley had either , but he gave her the benefit of the doubt . |
| 6 | Thanks to her appealing appearance the Philadelphia audience gave her the benefit of the doubt and listened . |
| 7 | The bearded one did not believe his treacherous words , but gave him the benefit of the doubt and twenty-four hours to reveal the whereabouts of the vessel . |
| 8 | It was held that the settlor had retained an interest in the accumulated income because the payments of income gave him the benefit of being able to withdraw his capital deposited at the bank . |
| 9 | The 30-year-old champion from Croydon pulled himself up at nine with seemingly no more than a split second to spare and it was possible that American referee Rudy Battle , handling his 57th world title fight , gave him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 10 | The hon. and learned Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) gave us the benefit of his legal experience . |