Example sentences of "[adj] time [v-ing] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julie struck again , this time catching him just above the right eye , tearing the flesh . |
| 2 | Magee ignored the crimson puddles and knelt beside the dying man again , this time rolling him over onto his back . |
| 3 | They spent some time telling him what they thought of him . |
| 4 | I believe the police spent some time asking him questions but he had obviously not seen you so that was that . |
| 5 | He 's only a seven month old pup and the thieves probably had an easy time luring him away . |
| 6 | The staff had a hard time assuring him that is was all make-believe . |
| 7 | He was tremendously successful and his successor will have a hard time emulating him . |
| 8 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 9 | The former frequently ask ‘ Is this right ? ’ or ‘ What do I do next ? ’ , whilst younger pupils seem to spend more time showing him what they have found out . |
| 10 | So I am proposing with him to er undertake a fairly simple but comprehensive business of reading the bass clef , using the left hand , and introducing it into the kind of music that he already plays , and at the same time getting him to play other music as well , which he seems to be very happy . |
| 11 | Nasser 's lower-middle-class background contributed to the widening of his political interests beyond those imaginable to the fellahin , the peasantry ; while at the same time making him aware of the latter 's situation , and the political and economic oppression suffered . |
| 12 | When it was clear that the putsch had failed , Yeltsin made Grachev a hero and even proposed ( what was not yet properly in his gift ) the post of Soviet defence minister but its leaders were still at large , Yeltsin offered Grachev the future post of Russian defence minister , at the same time asking him to help arrest the plotters . |
| 13 | ‘ You must go , ’ she said , ‘ I had an awful time persuading him to see you . |
| 14 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |