Example sentences of "him for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
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 | She stared at him for a long time . |
4 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
7 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
8 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
9 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
10 | Then he saw a wonderfully pretty girl who had obviously been watching him for a long time . |
11 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
12 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
13 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
14 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
17 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
18 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
19 | ‘ Goodnight ! ’ she wished him for a fourth time , and went to her room feeling very much better about everything . |
20 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |