Example sentences of "in [pron] [adj] years [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 In their earlier years schoolwork had been a haven .
2 In his final years Clanvow participated in the revival of crusading activity in Europe and north Africa .
3 In his last years Ewing wintered in the warmth of Pollok House in Glasgow , still working with Erskine on theological projects .
4 In his last years Monet stumbled upon the exquisite notion that colour in itself could become the first subject for his art ; painting has never looked back/
5 In his later years Bunyan spent much of his time visiting and overseeing nearby congregations , whilst his son worked the forge .
6 It is interesting that in his later years Wordsworth regarded himself as a statesman as much as a poet ; he certainly annoyed his womenfolk by talking politics incessantly with Robert Southey , though one might have expected two writers to bore the company with literary theory .
7 In his later years Pritchard lived in a house called Eyton Turret in Eyton-on-Severn , Shropshire , which he had formed from one of a pair of Jacobean garden buildings in the former grounds of a demolished mansion .
8 I was furious , and said the guy had certainly not caddied for Cotton when he won , and that in his later years Cotton had had several caddies .
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