Example sentences of "at [adj] years of [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At forty-five years of age he was at the height of his powers , determined to drive out the Almoravids and bring about a united Spain . |
| 2 | At 47 years of age I ca n't see why I should have to live off me mother … to that extent . |
| 3 | My father died when I was quite young and at ten years of age I went into a poor old orphanage where I stayed four years . |
| 4 | The general story is well known : the director at Ulm saying you must go to better things , your dismissal , months of unemployment , and then the chance of the Aachen post despite the fact that at 27 years of age you were thought far too young for such an important post in German musical life . |
| 5 | I think Mrs Stove was a little worried about trusting her daughter to me that particular summer , as it was the one after I 'd struck young Paul down in his prime , but at nine years of age I was an obviously happy and well-adjusted child , responsible and well-spoken and , when it was mentioned , demonstrably sad about my younger brother 's demise . |
| 6 | But at 20 years of age I had no scruples about rubber gloves and bleach , and dealt with the problem straight away . |