Example sentences of "give [noun prp] the benefit " in BNC.
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1 | no I mean I I do really feel sorry Neil because people wa it it it makes me cross because people wo n't give Neil the benefit of the doubt . |
2 | On the other hand , one could give Sharon the benefit of the doubt and conclude she has n't bothered to wear knickers because she knows Michael will probably mash her against a wall and rip them off anyway . |
3 | Because this policy existed , and the government was democratic , both the United States and the International Monetary Fund have given Argentina the benefit of the doubt and lent it money to tide it over . |
4 | I still give Morrissey the benefit of the doubt on this , even through his backward looking ‘ patriotism ’ makes me stop and rethink . |
5 | INVESTORS still willing to give Fisons the benefit of the doubt should look at the pharmaceuticals group 's annual report for 1991 , in which the most striking themes are elephants and flowers . |
6 | His boyish , open face with its look of disciplined idealism was vaguely familiar to Massingham , who suspected that he might have seen it in a police recruitment pamphlet , but decided in the interest of harmonious co-operation to give Underhill the benefit of the doubt . |
7 | You were giving Grimm the benefit of your theories about Genestealers . |