Example sentences of "give him his [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Morris also supplied Swan with two of his three National mounts — Last of the brownies , Mick 's Star and Roc de Prince — but he did n't give him his first Liverpool winner .
2 Midnight Cowboy was to give him his first chance in over fifteen years to regain respect in the business .
3 The libraries that Hoggart remembers as giving him his first education in English literature acquired serious books of every kind .
4 Skipton and its members rounded out his trans-Pennine duchy interests , as well as giving him his first territorial stake in the West Riding .
5 The trip was a great success , the subsequent Travels in the West exhibition proving very popular in Nanjing and giving him his first taste of newspaper and television attention .
6 Skipton and its members rounded out his trans-Pennine duchy interests , as well as giving him his first territorial stake in the West Riding .
7 The home team 's comeback was complete when Ford cross to the far post and Paul Read 's low header gave him his 17th goal of the season .
8 He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship .
9 Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break .
10 But there was an interesting sequel , which gave him his first , insightful , small stab at directing .
11 They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily .
12 Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight .
13 His old course and his new job gave him his first academic publication : a grammar of the Albanian language .
14 It also gave him his first taste of advertising as he worked as a junior on the flotation of Harrison Cowley , later to be taken over by Saatchi & Saatchi .
15 I gave him his first bath .
16 BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break .
17 While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 .
18 His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation .
19 His new wife Fatmawati gave him his first son , Guntur , whose name means ‘ thunder ’ .
20 While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 .
21 Gungawatti , when frightened by a swarm of jungle bees , gave him his first ride on the back of a bolting elephant .
22 He is still the same tee-total football maniac he was when Hal Stewart gave him his first Scottish job as player-manager of Morton .
23 But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars .
24 An ambulance gave him his last race to Paso Robles Hospital .
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