"I don't think that Hollander will attack us unless we give him provocation," said Mullon.

Give me sufficient provocation and I'll have you thrown over the side too.

That half-firkin councilman is going to hold it against you no matter how much provocation his pig nephew gave the girl.

He was given much provocation and refused to be annoyed by it.

But my jarl reports that the dead man gave provocation.

At a minimum, our meddling policies over the last few years have given them provocation.

He might have fairly expected an experiðenced coran to avoid giving provocation before even arrivðing at his castle.

The latter mode would have given the Americans ample provocation to fire on him.

However, he'd been given more provocation than most men would have suffered before taking action.

God knows you gave me sufficient provocation.