Example sentences of "[prep] several years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | After several years he displayed the results in London in 1804 but said himself that the calves at one month old were ‘ as fat as quails ’ , though he declared that in due course the hide , flesh , milk and tallow would be of superior quality and value . |
| 2 | In longterm studies over several years he shows that with a wheat free diet these children are gaining weight and are reaching anormal growth pattern by comparison with age matched controls . |
| 3 | For several years he was frustrated by the state Supreme Court , which reviews all death sentences : over a nine-year period the court reversed 64 of 68 sentences . |
| 4 | For several years he sat on Four Marks Parish Council , later reporting on the meetings as village correspondent for the Alton Herald . |
| 5 | For several years he drew a salary as distributor of stamps in Ireland , but it seems unlikely that he was one of the Irish Brookes . |
| 6 | For several years he was a member of Swaledale Fell Rescue team . |
| 7 | For several years he has been a helper , and having decided to return to Birmingham where he had a distinguished career as a teacher of English , he resolved to give us the greater part of the library , collected over many years by himself and his late wife . |