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 .
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