Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] five years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for the last five years he had been doing just that . |
| 2 | For the next five years he remained the king 's captive , and only in December 1327 , a year after the old reign had ended in a revolution , did Edward III order his release and the return of his lands . |
| 3 | During the next five years he travelled –40,000 kilometres and visited 45 different countries . |
| 4 | What is more , within the next five years he reached all those conclusions in general biological theory that his books were to expound three decades later . |
| 5 | In fact long before the last five years he was copiously producing more or less fantastical inventions with which he comprehensively worked through a natural flair for parody , irony and offbeat musical humour . |
| 6 | Entering Forest School , Walthamstow , Essex , in October 1895 , in the following five years he received prizes for mathematics , chemistry , and form work . |
| 7 | In the next five years he made about forty ascents as a professional balloonist . |
| 8 | In the next five years he thinks he does but does n't . |
| 9 | And in the last five years he 's too old to do it . |
| 10 | Over the first five years he introduced new locomotive designs and continued the development of the main-line ‘ Pacific ’ type , incorporating detailed improvements pioneered by George Jackson Churchward [ q.v. ] of the Great Western , whose work he greatly admired . |
| 11 | Over the next five years he was moved about 20 times . |
| 12 | Over the next five years he tried both options . |