Example sentences of "him [prep] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did , however , mention his Stunt Bat which Graham Mackereth gave him for giving a speech . |
| 2 | Certainly she seemed inclined to despise him for giving way to her . |
| 3 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 4 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 5 | Like Dexter , BBC pundit Lewis would receive a wage to compensate him for giving up his TV and newspaper work . |
| 6 | Nutty had once accused him of giving his mare extra feed at night because she was fatter than all the others , but it was true : he did give her extra . |
| 7 | They had a son Cameron , 11 , but finally parted in 1986 after she accused him of giving her black eyes . |
| 8 | They accused him of giving information to the police about a robbery a few weeks earlier at a local company . |
| 9 | Leonard talked him into giving him a lesson . |
| 10 | She was also instrumental in nudging him into giving 25 per cent of the positions in the Socialist Party to women . |
| 11 | To her , as to Edmund , the question of legitimacy is a nuisance to be subverted : When Goneril 's ‘ trusty servant ’ , Oswald , bears a letter from her to Edmund , Regan attempts to corrupt him into giving it to her ( IV.v.20ff . ) . |
| 12 | You ca n't bully him into giving you better parts . ’ |
| 13 | I tried to shame him into giving some away . |
| 14 | ‘ So that you can overpower Jimmy , or talk him into giving you a gun back ? |
| 15 | The two claimed in court they only intended to scare him into giving information about their property . |
| 16 | He first requested leave of absence from court to stay with the dying earl at Wilton , in order to prevent him from giving his inheritance elsewhere . |
| 17 | But even if the Manchu was curious , his adherence to the code of satori — a system of behaviour which defined what was right and proper for every situation — would prevent him from giving the feeling expression . |
| 18 | However , his current commitments prevent him from giving time to the forum . |
| 19 | The father , for his part , must make sure that these privileges are properly passed on to him by giving him a death-bed blessing . |
| 20 | He spoke bitterly of the way she left him for another man , a student , when she was 16 then humiliated him by giving intimate details of their affair to the press . |