Example sentences of "[adj] time in his [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | PC Bob Holt has been assaulted three times in his three years in the force . |
2 | If the young barrister has any spare time in his early years he should use it to prolong his pupillage in fact if not in name . |
3 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
4 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
5 | Marsden says there is more change , more uncertainty , than at any time in his 33 years in the fertilizer business . |
6 | More than at any time in his 64 years , Mr Preston now needs his cool , commercial banker 's brain . |