Example sentences of "[verb] him a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 2 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 3 | She could believe that this was the creature that had floated inside her — yes , like a starry astronaut in his liquid capsule , attached to his red life-support cable — she had pored over photographs of embryos and imagined him a hundred times . |
| 4 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 5 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 6 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 8 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 9 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 10 | I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really . |
| 11 | Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’ |
| 12 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 13 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 14 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 15 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 16 | The man had a faint discoloration under one eye — he could n't help speculating whether Dotty had n't been giving him a hard time . |
| 17 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 18 | I do n't blame him for falling for you , but do n't you go giving him a hard time just before the race ! |
| 19 | You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher . |
| 20 | " Apparently some of the younger fellows in the Owsla have been giving him a thin time — teasing him about his fur , you know , and saying he only got his place because of the Threarah . |
| 21 | If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’ |
| 22 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 23 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 24 | " You may invite him a hundred times , " said Honor tightly , " but I will never marry him . " |
| 25 | ‘ Because Father is a tired old man I have spared him a hundred times , and tolerated things which are little short of intolerable . |
| 26 | Like I 've him at , watched him a few times , she goes , get off he says , what |
| 27 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 29 | And if he excites himself — distrust him a hundred times more . |
| 30 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |