Example sentences of "it [vb mod] give him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provision sometimes inserted in a settlement for giving remuneration to a professional man who is one of the trustees is open to considerable objection since it may give him an interest in incurring expense , and will , in any case , tend to make the other trustees leave the management mainly in his hands . |
| 2 | ‘ It might give him ideas . ’ |
| 3 | Except it might give him security . |
| 4 | Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland . |
| 5 | It 'll give him an interesting pixie look for the rest of his life . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll give him heart see ? |
| 7 | It 'll give him something new to think about . ’ |
| 8 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 9 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 10 | I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright . |
| 11 | Caledor does not draw the Sword of Khaine even though it would give him the power to defeat the Witch King . |
| 12 | He did n't want to drag them , because even though it would give him more room there would be a risk of noise which might attract the attention of the housekeeper . |
| 13 | Well , I wo n't say but that was fair enough , a pity he has not the key he needs to read it , it would give him pleasure . |
| 14 | It would give him pleasure to make jokes that were n't funny while he was dressed up in the wedding-dress of a woman he claimed had been murdered also . |
| 15 | I might just do that ; it would give him a nice surprise . |
| 16 | It would give him great pleasure to write a large cheque for something special for Rose 's birthday — a particularly splendid piece of jewellery , perhaps — but he could n't . |
| 17 | If he and Zoe had half each , it would give him about forty thousand pounds ' worth of capital . |
| 18 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 19 | The England manager watched film of the Arsenal striker 's clash with Tottenham 's David Howells that led to a Football Association charge of misconduct and said : ‘ If he is forced to miss some games because of this then it will give him a problem in terms of our next match . |
| 20 | It will give him plenty to think about . |
| 21 | And then , finally , look at what Equity can do for the successful plaintiff — the ‘ remedy ’ , the ‘ relief ’ which it can give him . |