Example sentences of "many years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this point of view , the only good American is one who stays shamefacedly mute about his English cousins , however many years he may have lived among them . |
| 2 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 3 | For many years he was an active member of the Scottish Religious Advisory Committee at the BBC and was a broadcaster on radio and television in Scotland . |
| 4 | For many years he was a Methodist Local Preacher , and always walked to his appointments anywhere in the Circuit , so that he did not cause anyone else to work on a Sunday . |
| 5 | For many years he was a successful businessman . |
| 6 | But he had resolved , when he first took up his great task , that , if God spared his life , before many years he would cause the boy that drove the plough to know more of the Scripture than the ignorant parish clergy of his time . |
| 7 | ‘ For very many years he has had mistresses . ’ |
| 8 | For many years he lived with his mother . |
| 9 | For many years he was a Wesleyan Methodist , but then he turned towards the Church of England . |
| 10 | He moved to London , where for many years he regularly preached in a chapel in Bayswater . |
| 11 | For many years he was a member of the town council of Lincoln and in 1858–9 was chief magistrate . |
| 12 | For many years he was a member of the president 's committee , and was an examiner for the triple qualification and the fellowship . |
| 13 | ‘ Alas , since many years he is no longer with us . ’ |
| 14 | For many years he has been the Fund Raising Organizer for the British Rail Support Group , Condover Hall School for the Blind , a position he still holds . |
| 15 | Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis is a former European Commissioner and for many years he was in the House . |
| 16 | One of the first to join the society was Vincent d'Indy , who became its secretary in 1876 ; indeed , for many years he was effectively its head . |
| 17 | For many years he ran his own scaffolding company but the recession forced him out of business . |
| 18 | For many years he edited the Cefn Chronicle and later worked for the North Wales Newspapers group . |
| 19 | Ted Young is a very familiar voice to Radio Brighton listeners because for many many years he has been presenting the weather forecast . |