Example sentences of "give him a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 2 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 3 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher . |
| 8 | " 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 . |
| 9 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 10 | The Street Duties sergeant at the police station had given him a hard time . |
| 11 | And in return , no doubt , you gave him a good time in bed ! ’ |
| 12 | And gave him a wild time . |
| 13 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
| 14 | The press gave him a hard time for his swing and his technique , but I love his attitude . |
| 15 | Mankiewicz always refuted stories that Sinatra gave him a hard time on the set , but one of Mankiewicz 's sons said that his father ‘ finished the picture hating Sinatra ’ . |
| 16 | It seems that the seductive Suzie gave him a hard time one way and another . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’ |