Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 2 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 3 | catch him at the right time . |
| 4 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 5 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 6 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 7 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember him from a long time ago . |
| 9 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 10 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 11 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 12 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 13 | Yeah , I think he did er , Rumpole was put him in the big time really . |
| 14 | Then he saw a wonderfully pretty girl who had obviously been watching him for a long time . |
| 15 | But despite that , Gloucestershire County Council still ca n't find another school that will accept him as a full time student . |