Example sentences of "in the [num] years he [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | Chief Superintendent McLean says that last summer the resources he allocated to the protection of the Ks were greater than those given to anything , other than really serious crimes such as murder , in the two years he had been in charge of Hounslow division . |
2 | In the nine years he remained at school his closest companions were to include Bob Allen , Val le Grice , and Thomas Middleton ; but no friend proved more lasting or dependable than the gifted , tongue-tied Charles Lamb , son of a minor official at the Inner Temple . |
3 | He felt himself warm toward the sullenly controlled man as he never had in the three years he had been on the paper . |
4 | But in the three years he had worked for her , she had n't deceived him . |
5 | In his own beloved English , it was always higher , averaging 71.3 per cent in the three years he offered the subject ; French , which was only offered in his first year produced a convincing 75 per cent ; and Economics , offered in two years , 62 per cent . |