Example sentences of "give him the benefit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you think we should give him the benefit of the doubt ? ’ |
| 2 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 3 | erm that 's the doubt and that doubt is going to be either borne out or shown to be wrong by the rest of John Major 's incumbents , so at the moment I 'll certainly give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 4 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 5 | Try and give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 6 | Give him the benefit of the doubt will you ? |
| 7 | However , she was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 8 | I 'm still prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt because he is a decent manager who knows the ropes and who has been there before . |
| 9 | I 'm , no , I 'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment . |
| 10 | Yes , but particularly with reference to John Major , I think he 's had an amazing honeymoon and people are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt as you were about his quote treatment of women unquote , and I suspect that the media have been particularly sympathetic and wearing kid gloves with him , and I find that the role of the media is to probe and to pry and |
| 11 | Mr Dowling took the young Morrison under his wing as a ‘ kind of PA ’ , giving him the benefit of his own wide experience in all aspects of the profession — ‘ something that would just not be practical nowadays ’ . |
| 12 | What 's the doubt that you 're giving him the benefit of ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |