give an audience to
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Eleven o'clock," he said, rising from his chair, "the hour when I am to give an audience to the French ambassador.
From Andreas Hofer by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Suppose you have to give an audience to a distinguished archæologist who has spent his life in Babylonian excavations.
From By the Christmas Fire by Crothers, Samuel McChord
He frequently sends them money from his own purse, and is always willing to give an audience to their deputies and to attend to their requests.
From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis
"But if he is a free man now, and able to go where he likes, and to see whom he likes, he may not care to give an audience to a mere messenger."
From From Sand Hill to Pine by Harte, Bret
Eleven o'clock," said the archduke—"the hour when the emperor is to give an audience to the French ambassador.
From Andreas Hofer by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
