| That said, a long-serving backbencher who never asks the government anything is probably a strong hint that they are a talentless time-server. |
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| On his rise through the administrative hierarchy he had acquired the reputation of a slippery time-server with naked ambitions. |
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| Though some sneered at him as a time-server and trimmer, it is extraordinary that a man could live in such turbulent times and win such widespread praise. |
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| Today it is time to reveal to all New Zealanders once and for all that the minority Labour Government is being led not by a Teflon lady but by a tinselled time-server. |
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| A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties. |
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