Example sentences of "[noun sg] give him [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 2 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
| 3 | This and his expression of heavy-lidded scepticism gave him more the appearance of an Old Etonian stockbroker than a policeman . |
| 4 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 5 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 6 | The existing ordinance gave him enough power . |
| 7 | It would have been less harrowing to have got the meeting over quickly ; on the other hand the delay while he awaited her return gave him more time to think and plan . |
| 8 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 9 | This supposition has the form of a ‘ regulative hope ’ — both are adopted on the same basis that a card player bases his play on the hope of an improbable distribution of the cards if no other possible distribution gives him any chance of winning at all . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you disapprove of us , my angel ? ’ she asked , exalted by wine and overbearing , and took him down to the kitchen to give him some of the leftover chicken . |
| 11 | The latter 's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere . |
| 12 | I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that . |
| 13 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 14 | Perhaps Gould 's work on snail speciation gives him some peculiarly perceptive insights into the baseball world . |
| 15 | All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him . |
| 16 | He ‘ does n't drive much ’ : simply walking along the local village road gives him enough of the excitement of modern transport . |
| 17 | The same route gave him another birdie at the eighth . |
| 18 | She saw no reason to give him any information he did not already have . |
| 19 | The Toulon v Biarritz final gave him that second chance . |
| 20 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 21 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 22 | A coach back to the team 's hotel gave him enough time for a shower and snack lunch before going back to work — more throw downs , a second net against the quicks , and a burst of fielding practice before dusk set in . |
| 23 | The thought of this possibility gave him some pleasure , as he visualized the consternation of the Mallory household , their rude awakening to the snake in their bosom . |
| 24 | Williams soon became a great favourite with the Palace crowd , who christened him ‘ Ginger ’ , although some of the local press gave him another nickname — ‘ The Palace Terrier ’ . |
| 25 | She said her mother gave him that photograph . ’ |