They had succeeded under various artful false pretences in influencing the king to give his signet-ring to one of his lords.
He had to give his hand to a woman he did not love, so that you might be Thomas Seymour's wife.
But be certain, if he is in a condition to hear me, I will spend all my powers of persuasion in inclining him to your wish, and in moving him to give his consent to your marriage with Earl Sudley.
Chapeau had now too many of a soldier's duties to give his time to those of a serving-man, and the sisters and wives of the Vendean officers had long since learnt to wait on the heroes whom they loved and admired.
They learnt, however, that he had been observed to give his horse in charge to a man who acted as his Lieutenant, and who was known to be a journeyman baker, usually employed in Laval.
At last he had to give his word of honour not to come again till the four years were out, which the Smith had spoken of, and then the Smith said, 'Very well, now you may come down.
So he came out, and had to give his word to his mother that he wouldn't do so any more.
But the people distrusted him, and called upon Phocion to give his opinion, as the person they only and entirely confided in.
At last, calling to Lucius Lucretius, whose place it was to speak first, he commanded him to give his sentence, and the rest as they followed, in order.
The people then being thus assembled in the open air, it was not allowed to any one of their order to give his advice, but only either to ratify or reject what should be propounded to them by the king or senate.
Varahran therefore hastened to make peace with Rome, and, having so done, proceeded to give his attention to Armenia, with the view of placing matters there on a satisfactory footing.
The reigning Indo-Scythic monarch felt no reluctance to give his daughter in marriage to his Western neighbor, and sent her to his court (we are told) with a wardrobe and ornaments of the utmost magnificence and costliness.
The season was too far advanced for any fresh enterprise of importance; and Sapor was probably glad to give his army a rest after the toils and perils of the last three months.
Saving faith will help a man, if called thereto, to give his body to be burned for his religion, and so will the faith do that is not saving.
Yea, that he should take him into acquaintance with him, give hisangels to be all ministering spirits for him!
He did not usually find it easy to give his reasons: it seemed to him strange that people should not know them without being told, since he only felt what was reasonable.
Presently, the farm-bailiff came up to give his master a report, and Fred, to his unspeakable relief, was dismissed with the injunction to come again soon.
It's a good British feeling to try and raise your family a little: in my opinion, it's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.
A man may, from various motives, decline togive his company, but perhaps not even a sage would be gratified that nobody missed him.
He says that he'll have to give his blood to the earth and his flesh to the birds of the air else none will believe his teaching.
Joseph asked who had raised the vexatious question, but Peter avoided it, and went about the wharf grunting that none could answer it: was it to Matthew, the publican, he was to give his boats?
Lucien consented to give his daughter to the Prince of the Asturias, but this marriage did not take place.
The Minister of Police, to give his prince a favourable idea of his activity, contrives great conspiracies, which he is pretty sure to discover in time, because he is their originator.
Bonaparte wished to give hisstepdaughter to Duroc, and his brothers were eager to promote the marriage, because they wished to separate Josephine from Hortense, for whom Bonaparte felt the tenderest affection.
Prince de Conti togive his opinion, who did so in two words; then he asked the Keeper of the Seals, whose reply was equally brief; then he asked me.
Duc d'Orleans praised it in two words, and called upon the Keeper of the Seals to give his opinion.
He replied aloud that he was tolerably well; then approaching my ear, added that, except when aroused to give his orders, he had slept very well, and that he was determined to hold firm.
The battle between these champions continued for two hours, without either being able to obtain any advantage, or even to give his antagonist a single wound; when at length they were separated by their men.
On this occasion, one Tunconobal, an Araucanian exile, who was present in the assembly, was desired to give his opinion, which he did in the following terms.
For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.
He was always willing to give his assistance; but it was a terrible strain upon his mental as well as his physical powers.
He then entered the carriage and proceeded to the place where he was to give his recitation.
No matter what the institution was, or where it was situated, if it was in difficulties, and Jasmin was appealed to, provided it commended itself to his judgment, he went far and near to give his help.
He was conveyed, headed by the local band, to the hall where he was to give his recitation.
The cashier could not immediately resign his situation, but was compelled to give his employers a month's notice of the withdrawal of his services.
The law of Louisiana requires the master to give his slaves a certain amount of food and clothing.
We give his speech as reported in the Jamaica papers, to show how fanatical even a slaveholder may become.
As the siege of Louisbourg was one of the most remarkable events that ever the inhabitants of New England were engaged in, Grandfather endeavored to give his auditors a lively idea of the spirit with which they set about it.
One thousand of the prisoners were sent to Massachusetts; and Grandfather allowed his fancy to follow them thither, and tried to give his auditors an idea of their situation.
And here Grandfather endeavored to give his auditors an idea how matters were managed in schools above a hundred years ago.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "give his" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
