Example sentences of "[verb] in his [adj] years [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He believes Docherty perceived Morgan as a threat to his power base and a player who had the raw potential to rise to the status that George Best had enjoyed in his early years at Old Trafford .
2 The journalist , attracted by Roosevelt 's easy charm , had failed to detect the underlying strength of character and iron determination that were clearly revealed in his 13 years as president .
3 He is moving back towards the bad practice of selective tax shelters , which Mr Lawson had undermined in his five years as chancellor .
4 Emile Al-Uzaizi , deputy leader of the council 's Tory opposition group and a social services committee member , said this was the first case of its kind he had known in his eight years on the council .
5 Emile Al-Uzaizi , the deputy leader of the council 's Tory opposition group and a social services committee member , said that this was the first case of its kind he had known in his eight years on the council .
6 Aethelred is best known in his later years for his support for Wilfrid , exiled bishop of York .
7 Although his contribution to photography is grounded in his 60 years of documentary work , Doisneau is still best known for his shot of two young lovers kissing in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris .
8 But Mr Kohl , usually underestimated in his eight years as chancellor , has never looked more firmly in command or keener to carry on .
9 It was certainly one of the most surreal sights the Doctor had experienced in his many years of travelling .
10 Mill , rooted in positivism and utilitarianism , seemed to be converted in his later years to the socialist cause .
11 We are thus faced in his later years by the paradox of a ruler who had spent his life in efforts to make his subjects prosperous and happy compelled to create a system of secret police and to hold down considerable parts of his territories by armed force .
12 Suddenly the people , his people , were expressing only loathing for all that he had achieved in his thirty-seven years on the throne .
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