Example sentences of "would provide him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He was more confident than his first ‘ angel ’ that heaven would provide him with the best of both worlds , and he wrote jauntily to his second wife that he had prayed that
2 They would provide him with an army to set him on the throne in return for his establishment of a presbyterian form of church government throughout the realm .
3 Well aware of English fears , Napoleon III decided that a joint Anglo-French approach to the problems of the Near East would be popular in Britain and would provide him with the lever he sought to hoist France into place in the European system .
4 Hopefully , they would provide him with the opportunity to make contact with the pilot Vologsky .
5 This , according to Wolfgang , would have distinct advantages : it would provide him with a legal outlet for the ‘ voice of nature ’ , which he swore he had never yet indulged , being too honourable either to seduce innocent girls or have dealings with prostitutes ; and a wife would be able to tend his domestic needs — he admitted he was no good at looking after himself .
6 But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese .
7 Whilst an exclusion clause in the manufacturer 's contract of sale could provide the manufacturer with a good defence to a claim by the wholesaler , it would provide him with no defence to a claim in negligence by the consumer .
8 If the hon. Member for Monklands , West ( Mr. Clarke ) had any confidence that he would be in government , he would know that the Bill would provide him with the power to decide when to establish the council .
9 He had positioned himself in a narrow doorway , in the vain hope it would provide him with some shelter from the biting cold .
10 His new-round reputation was also reflected in smart London society flocking to see the latest novelties from Australia — dead and alive — in the ornithologist 's house in Broad Street , as well as the number of subscribers willing to pay for his extravagant Australian publications , which would provide him with an income for the next 30 years .
11 At best it would provide him with the opportunity to strike elsewhere while my back was turned , and at worst — and he 'd see it plain enough — with an excuse to raise the whole royal power against me .
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