Example sentences of "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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | It had been with him a long time , long before McLuhanism had arrived to make a lot of people cry into their beer at El Vino 's and go haring after every tin-pot producer in the business . |
| 4 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 5 | Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | I looked at him a long time , and the smile went away . |
| 7 | It took him a long time to recover . |
| 8 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 9 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 13 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 14 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 17 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 18 | His extraordinary eyes he veiled with lowered lids and humility , and only the satirical curve of his long lips , accentuated by those twin russet flames that forked upwards through his short black beard , caused the chamberlain who admitted him to look at him a second time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 21 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 22 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 23 | SCORPION WOLFCHILD , just recently moved to London , is stalking some attractive , mysterious , bright , sweet-smelling females to show him a good time . |
| 24 | And in return , no doubt , you gave him a good time in bed ! ’ |
| 25 | I suspect that that was the last time that he will make a speech as Minister for the Arts , and I do not think that the House would begrudge him a longer time to say his farewells . |
| 26 | The press gave him a hard time for his swing and his technique , but I love his attitude . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The Street Duties sergeant at the police station had given him a hard time . |