Example sentences of "him [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | With luck Vic and Emily should be gone several hours , giving him ample time to search for evidence and be back at the white house long before they returned . |
| 2 | It gave him ample time to check the house . |
| 3 | ‘ Got him that time , ’ said Mrs Wright . |
| 4 | Boxer was about to remind him that time was getting on but then thought better of it and withdrew . |
| 5 | Planning each outing is good training for the patient : if he has difficulties with programming , you might go over the plan with him each time before he goes out , and ask him to say out loud exactly where he is going and how he is going to get there . |
| 6 | Tuan Ti Fo persevered , following his mouth with the spoon , coaxing a little of the liquid into him each time , until the child 's mouth was opening wide for each new spoonful . |
| 7 | She had n't simply evaded him ; she 'd evaded him each time with an ease that had left him looking like a fool . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I open tonight 's reading from the master 's great Oliver Twist , the famous scene chosen by Dickens for his own readings and which led to his early death , from the violent emotion that swept over him each time he read this passage . ’ |
| 9 | Terry Wogan became so absorbed with her that he ran the interview into the closing music , leaving him scant time to promote his next programme — very unusual . |
| 10 | I forgave him this time though ! |
| 11 | It could have saved him this time , but the policeman , half nerved up for aggression , caught him fairly in the doorway and hung on with professional ease . |
| 12 | And after that , wherever you go it must be far away because , as Father said , he missed killing him this time , but he wo n't the next . |
| 13 | I pray that God will really meet with him this time in prison . |
| 14 | But he is betting that the Department of Health will not prosecute him this time . |
| 15 | I let go of his arm and sat down , right next to him this time . |
| 16 | What do you want me to give him this time ? ’ |
| 17 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
| 18 | ‘ In my opinion , Tony is definitely the number two left-back in the country behind Stuart Pearce but , hopefully , we 'll do better against him this time . ’ |
| 19 | Erm I 'd like to see Eddie cos I did n't get to see him this time or last time . |
| 20 | She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness . |
| 21 | ‘ Less than a minute ahead , ’ he muttered ‘ With any luck , I should overtake him this time . ’ |
| 22 | " And he wants me to go with him this time — as his driver . " |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose I should n't blame you entirely ; you 're not with him this time . ’ |
| 24 | Good lord ! and but for his hand going up she would really have brained him this time , and then where would she have been ? |
| 25 | OK , Quinn is a diving bastard … but Whyte was nt there to push him this time . |
| 26 | Fabia was ready for him this time , though , and had no intention of making another mistake , like the one she had made about her job . |
| 27 | I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time ! |
| 28 | ‘ We will find him another time , ’ he said . |
| 29 | they get him free time , so now he 's had two weeks off |
| 30 | I will ask him some time what prompted his winning play but it has been known for players to forget matters like that after a week 's hard work . |