Example sentences of "[prep] he give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generous of him to give Daniele an out . |
| 2 | ‘ It was nice of him to give you that bracelet . |
| 3 | It was just mean of him to give me a rotten old Bible instead . ’ |
| 4 | a Scottish sailor marooned on the island of Juan Fernandez from 1704 until he was picked up by Captain Woodes Rogers 52 months later ; Woodes 's account of him gave Defoe the idea of Robinson Crusoe , and Cowper wrote a poem entitled ‘ Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk ’ , beginning ‘ I am monarch of all I survey ’ . |
| 5 | Something at the core of him gave in to her . |
| 6 | The ice beneath him gave ; he braced himself , and slid slowly into the muddy lake up to his neck . |
| 7 | Guys like him give me a pain . |
| 8 | The two men who had stood behind him gave their names quickly , eagerly , anxious to avoid association . |
| 9 | ‘ Gambling became an obsession with him , eventually he lost everything they possessed , and my mother begged and pleaded with him to give it all up — to find an ordinary job and give up the gaming life . |
| 10 | Every time it would end up with him giving me some money . |
| 11 | And as her body and limbs thrummed in the dizzy afterflow Fernando deepened his penetration , shuddering against her till she clung to him , grinding herself under him to give him the ultimate pleasure , to enhance every thrust he pounded into her , to draw him hard down into her power and her love . |
| 12 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 13 | The continued silence about him gave rise to new rumours about his health and mental condition , and that he had been relieved of his duties by Himmler and Goebbels . |
| 14 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 15 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 16 | It would be helpful for him to give an expanded definition of camping , while his partner listens carefully . |
| 17 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 18 | When he saw that , he called out , " My friend , have you seen El-ahrairah , for I am looking for him to give him my gift ? " |
| 19 | It should be something useful for setting up home , if only a rather expensive bottle-opener , possibly with other small mementoes of his favourite bachelor activities or sport such as golf balls , presented inside something amusing and clearly feminine but not in bad taste , such as a pair of stockings , with a blue garter for him to give to his bride for the wedding so that she can wear ‘ something borrowed , something blue , . |
| 20 | In this year , the 25th anniversary of Shelter , does the Minister agree that the time is right for him to give effect to the Prime Minister 's boast in his letter of support to Shelter that the Government would employ public expenditure where necessary ? |
| 21 | When a new pope was elected it was customary for him to give presents ( the donativum ) to the chief citizens . |
| 22 | Robert , gasping for breath in his arms , wondered whether Mr Malik 's request for him to give an account of himself was entirely motivated by concern for his staff . |
| 23 | His sister Julie Seddon , 28 , of Skelmersdale , made an emotional appeal for him to give himself up . |
| 24 | By then , Aitken 's pulse rate had decelerated enough for him to give a rational appraisal of the day 's events . |
| 25 | In fact the computer digests it for him to give him and overview of how effective his operation is , when he should be buying extra copies , when perhaps he should be thinking of not buying quite so much , or being a little more selective . |
| 26 | First of all , for instance , the preparation which Milton felt it was necessary for him to give himself , was neither technical nor introspective . |
| 27 | The choices made by players in a game must be mutually consistent in the sense that each player 's choice is the best for him given the choices made by the others . |
| 28 | Mark was nervous , uptight about his role , particularly difficult for him given that this was his first big break in films . ’ |
| 29 | Seeing her all meek and soft and ready for him gave Harry ideas , but he was a good Cornish boy still , and was n't too sure how to go about it . |
| 30 | He was on his bike six kids jumped him and said give us your bike they , they took his bike off him gave him a hammering right on the nose , broke his nose . |