Example sentences of "[vb past] him [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
2 | Whoever killed him , killed him within that time , for he had not stirred . |
3 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
4 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
5 | Alec Guinness , who first met him at this time , considers that reading poetry on radio was the best thing he did . |
6 | Gunn continues , describing the feelings which thrilled him in that time now past . |