Example sentences of "his [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his finest years found him in some competition with another actor who , like Brando , refused to conform . |
| 2 | During his forty-seven years at Hautvillers , Dom Pérignon earned the reputation of being a generous , intelligent and meticulously minded man . |
| 3 | The bruise on his ankle was cripplingly painful and he felt his forty-seven years . |
| 4 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 5 | He tells The Art Newspaper , ‘ Philip Pouncey ( the leading British drawings connoisseur until his death last year ) used to bemoan the fact that during his eleven years at the National Gallery in London , almost no connection was ever made between the two by curators . |
| 6 | He stipulated that his kinsman John Herringman should have ‘ my Coppyes and partes of Coppys of Books as they stand entered in the Register Booke of the Company of Staconers … provided that he serves out his seaven years of Apprentishipp justly and truly ’ . |
| 7 | His face was unlined , belying his fifty years by at least a decade . |
| 8 | I remember discussing broken tanks with perhaps the most experienced fishkeeper I know ‘ Aquarian ’ expert Dr David Ford , and he 's had only one breakage in his fifty years in the hobby . |
| 9 | He has lived in his rickety hut for most of his fifty years . |
| 10 | Deric , whose back problems prevent his pivoting , prods to some purpose for his 79 years and is mustard round the greens . |
| 11 | And it has fascinated Bill Foggitt for most of his 79 years . |
| 12 | During his 32 years with Blandford Press , what started as a small list mainly of cacti and display books , expanded rapidly in many areas . |
| 13 | Mr Wang , 23 , looking relaxed but pale , told reporters that despite his three-and-a-half years in prison he still believed in the principles of democracy . |
| 14 | But , he stood , not a little giddy , the fear to fall , and this must be ( sweat popped his head like bubbles ) , a long way , the worse hangover — and there had been a few — of all his thirty-seven years . |
| 15 | Never , in all his thirty-seven years . |
| 16 | Suddenly the people , his people , were expressing only loathing for all that he had achieved in his thirty-seven years on the throne . |
| 17 | The open road was all he knew ; he had spent forty of his fifty-five years tramping it in every kind of weather with only the fill of his pipe for company . |
| 18 | But Mr Kohl , usually underestimated in his eight years as chancellor , has never looked more firmly in command or keener to carry on . |
| 19 | There had been so many pieces of paper ; 50 million at least , someone else had told him , generated during his eight years as President . |
| 20 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 21 | Now , as those ambitions have crumbled , Barbara must be remembering how it all started , the day when she and George swept into the White House after his eight years as Vice-President . |
| 22 | Erlich thought that the last week , waiting in the Legal Attaché 's section , had been the slowest in his eight years with the Bureau . |
| 23 | John Williams , Master of the Jewels and Treasurer of Augmentations under Henry VIII , avoided rendering any accounts whatever during his eight years at the Jewel-House , piled up large arrears in Augmentations , and embezzled £31,000 which were not entered in the books . |
| 24 | Tao Chu , in contrast , seemed younger than his eight years and wore his heart embroidered like a peacock on his sleeve . |
| 25 | Indeed , Eisenhower ( Republican , 1953–60 ) for six of his eight years and Nixon ( Republican , 1969–74 ) for all of his years faced Democratic majorities in Congress . |
| 26 | Prior to his eight years at Lucas , he worked with Noel Penny Turbines Limited and Rolls Royce . |
| 27 | During his eight years as Premier Cain 's government , widely considered to be relatively free from financial corruption , had prohibited nuclear warships , decriminalized brothels , enacted freedom of information legislation , reformed licensing laws and increased expenditure on education . |
| 28 | During his eight years with us , has travelled extensively , visiting customers and promoting the name of as the technical leader in the malting industry . |
| 29 | He attained the rank of acting WO II during his eight years ' service , after which he did a graduate trainee course with Anglo American/De Beers Mining in South Africa . |
| 30 | 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 . |