Example sentences of "he could give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to say that there was nothing at all from the last decade for which he could give Mrs Thatcher credit . |
| 2 | If the new Transport Secretary can negotiate this kind of deal with the Treasury , he could give the phrase Parkinson 's Law an entirely new meaning . |
| 3 | McLeish instantly understood the man 's nightmare but realized he could give only qualified reassurance . |
| 4 | He would have liked to say I 'd rather you stayed , except that he had no real reason , or no reason he could give her easily . |
| 5 | Mozart 's reputation preceded him on the return trip , and the family were frequently detained so that he could give performances and display his talents . |
| 6 | In the midst of all this , Stirling calmly called a halt so that he could give orders for further targets . |
| 7 | This , coupled with the notion of the magistrate as being responsible for enforcement of the judgments handed down by himself or his deputy , would surely suggest that he could give judgment for performance and enforce it specifically . |
| 8 | But there is nothing to disappoint the collector here : this is a notable issue , and I look forward to hearing Zimmermann in the Beethoven ; on this showing , he could give a splendid account of it . |
| 9 | Peace of mind was all he could give her . |
| 10 | He could talk horses , he could give instructions to a jockey but the confidential fireside chat was not his style . |
| 11 | Heard that he had a walkie-talkie radio on which he could give the engineer instructions to slow down further , and to stop . |
| 12 | Now that he was away from his father , he could give full rein to his imagination as to what Gareth Davis was doing at Thorsbury . |
| 13 | ‘ I was hoping he could give advice on how women could and should react after they had been attacked . ’ |
| 14 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 15 | But he could give the new boy his debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , when United take on Benfica in a testimonial for Eusebio that also marks 25 years since United beat the Portuguese to win England 's first European Cup . |
| 16 | I often sleep in my coat , ’ he backed away from her , all the way towards the door ; then on the landing , and for no reason that he could give to himself , he turned and ran not towards his bedroom but across the landing , over the gallery , down the stairs , through the hall to the front door . |
| 17 | Even eighteen months ago he said that he doubted if he could give enough time and energy to securing a World Cup place . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps he could give you a few tips , ’ Leo said . |
| 19 | To the question , can ‘ high risk ’ situations be identified in advance , Professor Greenland told us that he could give an answer , ‘ a cautious yes — in some cases ’ . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , however , he could give no indication of an average contract value , saying that it depended on an individual company 's cost structure , and on how many services it required . |
| 21 | Charles II found land grants very convenient ; he could give them to people who at the beginning of the century would have asked for monopolies and he could feel confident that these grants would not rouse the hostility in England that monopolies had caused . |
| 22 | But as the BUF acquired a Chelsea headquarters where activists lived as soldiers in barracks , and a Blackshirt uniform was issued to remove the distinction of class and wealth , there emerged a political ideal to which he could give his complete loyalty . |
| 23 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 24 | He lay in the bed , touching Emily with fingers too rough for her skin , wondering what he could give her that would even approach what he thought of her ; waiting to be gone to his own place . |
| 25 | Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ What help he thinks he could give , I ca n't imagine . |
| 27 | Before he could give a warning , the Doctor slammed on the brakes . |
| 28 | She had planned to appeal to Emerson 's better nature , or , if this failed , to argue that he owed her whatever assistance he could give in return for his earlier deceit of her . |
| 29 | Switzer noted that he could give ‘ directions once or twice a Year in most of the … |
| 30 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |