Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] give him " in BNC.

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1 Paul Lawrie also had 70 for level-par 288 to be 25th with Adam Hunter 's 72 for 289 giving him a share of 31st place with Stephen McAllister ( 74 ) .
2 But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’
3 The scrutineers will proceed to add the number of first preference votes received by each candidate , eliminate the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes and redistribute the votes of those giving him as their first preference amongst the two remaining candidates in accordance with their second preference .
4 I wondered if confrontations like this gave him strength and relief ; anything that would help .
5 A subaltern 's commission in the Hampshire Yeomanry in 1897–8 gave him a liking for army life , and in January 1899 he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers .
6 When the first round of presidential elections in 1965 gave him a less than overwhelming endorsement , he concluded morosely that the French were no longer afraid of anything and were slipping back into " dispersion " and " facilité " .
7 Phil John , John Morrison , Craig Chalmers and Williams completed the Baa-Baas ' runaway , with Chalmers 's six conversions from seven giving him 16 points from a productive night .
8 A woman may turn to bottle-feeding to give him a chance to join in .
9 The medical qualifications which at first gave him distinction tended later to restrict his outlook on what might be achieved in the field of occupational health .
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