Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.

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1 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
2 EVER since I saw David Bellamy disappearing down a crack in a garden path to demonstrate that we all had our own ‘ personal schooool of evolution ’ close at hand , I have been prepared to concede him an eternal place among the inexorably tenacious .
3 He would like to hold a discussion meeting for like minds so if you are interested give him a ring on 0533 770531 .
4 Indeed , they are likely to win him a new reputation as a man for whom the boom never ended .
5 Although he promotes himself as a friend of John Major , the Conservative Party has for some inexplicable reason been unable to find him a job in the Government where his extensive talents could be stretched .
6 We are able to give him the support necessary to ensure a comprehensive service for his broad base of clients . ’
7 I 'm , no , I 'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment .
8 do n't be afraid of P M you 're right there you 'll find do n't be afraid to give him the C C Q , it 's no big deal .
9 But it 'd be easier to give him a work-card .
10 It would be easy to tell him the truth but that would mean throwing Dana to the wolves , and that she could n't do .
11 One would even be delighted to give him a helping hand .
12 It would be pointless to teach him the effect of the e-marker if he 's not clear about which symbols represent which sounds .
13 But there are plenty of predatory young women around , whom he might think would be able to give him a son …
14 I might be able to offer him a lift .
15 We were very pleased to be able to show him the range of products and services which are being exploited in our various markets .
16 She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship .
17 I would be happy to send him a copy of our policy document if he would like to have more detail .
18 To the person with a simple doubt , a helpful discussion , a suggested book or a more detailed explanation may be enough to show him the way along which he can eagerly search for himself .
19 Do n't you think it would be kind to give him a call on his portable telephone and ’
20 comes along or not , but I just thought it might be nice to give him a break away from home and he wo n't go on his
21 ‘ Would n't it be best to tell him the truth ?
22 If the court can spell out an implied agreement that all parties recognised that the continuing partners would be entitled to carry on the practice after the departure of an outgoing partner , the right to a full dissolution will not be available , but the outgoing partner will have the benefit of s43 of the Act and the continuing partners will , after all necessary accounts and inquiries have been taken , be obliged to pay him the value of his interest in the firm — see Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 .
23 His means , though unmentioned , derived from his family 's West Riding worsted mills , and were sufficient to give him a substantial independence from stipends .
24 He has said , and subsequently confirmed , that he will step down shortly after March 27th , when the King is due to award him a medal .
25 Textbooks should be quoted only if they express an individual opinion , and the lecturer ( qua lecturer ) not at all , When quoting authors , if the author is dead he may be referred to by his surname only , but if he is still with us it is polite to give him a handle — Sir or Prof. or Dr or Mr. As regards judges the customary J. , etc. , should be used irrespective of whether they are alive or dead .
26 If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer .
27 There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " .
28 Hands off : the splendid form of Dewi Morris ( left ) is likely to win him the nod as the second scrum-half in the British Lions ' squad , pushing Robert Jones out of the picture
29 I think it 's terrible giving him a name like that
30 If your language helper can read , it is helpful to give him a copy of the words you want to check , with the numbers and the English translation .
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