Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] him [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time . |
2 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time , we went for Peter Beardsley , but it was not right for Everton . |
3 | The position of Battalion Entertainments Officer was no longer held by Charles within five minutes of the drop of the curtain and although that was gratifying to him at the time , in spite of the manner of his dismissal , there were additional deprivations inflicted by a scandalized CO , that were not easy to bear . |
4 | The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor . |
5 | She had been rather grateful to him at the time . |
6 | Save for one matter , to which I shall refer later , there is no criticism of the judgment or of the order the judge made on the material that was available to him at the time . |