Example sentences of "[pron] could give him " in BNC.

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1 But when Jem was born , there was no reason I could give him why not .
2 I wish I could give him a post , but I could not pass Lord Bute 's son with decency ’ .
3 Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him .
4 I could give him a message .
5 One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons .
6 I could give him that every night .
7 On the other hand , if I was on a picket line or somewhere , I could give him a pretty hard old shove without pulled in , I would imagine .
8 It would be lovely he said if somebody could give him a ring .
9 She could give him a room with a bed , and her asking price for it was only a little above that of Mrs McIntosh , and much less than the inn .
10 She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt .
11 So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes .
12 Well , perhaps she could give him something to think about .
13 She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing !
14 By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ .
15 MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money .
16 Freddie had never liked her , but he knew at once that she might be the one person who could give him valuable assistance with his research .
17 He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message .
18 But it is the horse who was third the day before who could give him his biggest win , matching Omerta 's success in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham in 1986 .
19 Jessie was in love with this young man , this young bruiser of a fellow , because that 's the only name you could give him , at least by the look of him .
20 Do you have any more of your cake you could give him ? ’
21 You could give him a soft sensual massage or get tougher with wrestling , rough and tumble or spanking …
22 Understand that this could be the worst news you could give him and make sure he gets as much of your time as you can give .
23 Perhaps you could give him a round of applause .
24 You could give him a book token let him do his own .
25 You could give him a half a mark there .
26 " We could give him a pair of spectacles , " Eddie suggested .
27 ‘ Jim , see if you 've got any clothes we could give him . ’
28 We 've offered him the best contract we could give him
29 No one could give him an age .
30 Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat .
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