Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 2 | She could n't face seeing that realisation in his eyes , for the sake of her own sanity had to get away — had to flee from him for a second time . |
| 3 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 4 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 5 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
| 6 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 7 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 8 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |