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Example sentences for "given him"

  • These distinguished persons found him capable of receiving all the instructions that were proper to be given him, as well in relation to morals, as to other knowledge a prince ought to have.

  • He did as she commanded; and, when he had done, she further demanded of him, if her son the prince had not given him in charge something more particular.

  • King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.

  • Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn't please him.

  • But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

  • Bonaparte also wore the magnificent sabre given him by the Emperor Francis.

  • Amongst the baggage was also a cabinet in which were a number of medallions, given him by the Pope and other potentates, some letters of Louis XVIII.

  • The hope of an immediate peace had alone made him lose sight of the immense advantages which victory had given him.

  • Eliab was already busily engaged in reading the certificate which Nimbus had given him.

  • He then got out of bed, and, lifting up the covering of the tent, slipped out, and went first to see the horse the Sheik had given him.

  • The Sultan of the Indies, having left the dervish and his friends, advanced into the forest, chewing some leaves which Shemshelnar had given him to support him till he should arrive at his palace.

  • Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him: 15:19.

  • And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not; 9:13.

  • Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

  • He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

  • Some days afterwards, Roland hearing the news of what happened on the 8th, embraces his kind Friends at Rouen, leaves their kind house which had given him refuge; goes forth, with farewell too sad for tears.

  • Nevertheless, he filled two purses his uncle had given him, besides the skirts of his vest, and crammed his bosom as full as it would hold.

  • All were well mounted; Wrangel upon an English horse, given him by Whitelocke.

  • After much argumentation hereupon, the Chief Justice offered to Whitelocke that he would move the Queen for a speedy despatch of his business; and said, he did not doubt but that satisfaction would be given him therein.

  • Let him call to remembrance the benefits that God hath given him, either in general among other men or privately to himself, and give him humble hearty thanks for them.

  • And that was great pity, for it did harm and made him abuse many great gifts that God had given him.

  • He added that the count had only given him a hundred and fifty thousand florins, which were insufficient.

  • He, the insolent fellow, had no scruple in abusing the triumph his answer had given him, and talked away in the random fashion.

  • He was pleased to say that, believing in God and His works, he was persuaded his nails had been given him to procure the only solace he was capable of in the kind of fury with which he was tormented.

  • While in the water he loses a great gem which his father had given him.

  • In his drama Urvashi he is ready to change and greatly injure a tragic story, given him by long tradition, in order that a loving pair may not be permanently separated.

  • Finally he uses the magic weapon, given him by the demigod, to benumb his adversaries, and leaving them in this helpless condition, returns home.

  • He was arrayed in the scarlet raiment given him by King Harald, and he bore on his arm a gold ring, given him by Hacon the Earl, and the horse he rode had a shining black skin.

  • By this time the fame of the princess's beauty had spread far and wide, and the king of Damascus sent an embassy to the court of king Ermyn, praying that she should be given him to wife.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    begged them; being free; called attention; class mail; except those; fair complexion; general level; given area; given away; given direction; given effect; given here; given internally; given line; given number; given temperature; given the; given them; given time; given twice; given volume; given weight; himself said; other kings; thousandth part; turned the