Example sentences of "his early years [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 In his early years he sailed in the ships of the Dieppe armateur , Jean Ango .
3 In his early years he appeared in concert parties .
4 But Eleanor too had to travel a great deal , and in his earliest years it was almost certainly Richard 's nurse who provided love and security on a day-to-day basis .
5 From his earliest years he was interested in the macabre — fairy tales , practical jokes , and the comic drawings of the famous German illustrators and caricaturists .
6 From his earliest years he showed exceptional ability in mechanics and a natural talent for engineering , which his mother in particular did much to foster .
7 In his earlier years he could counsel priests to celibacy and doubters to Catholic dogma with almost papal infallibility , untroubled by a fiance 's feelings or a questioner 's uncertainties .
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