Example sentences of "in his [adj] years [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his fourteen years as a fancier he has converted a hobby into something of a triumphant campaign . |
| 2 | But was it not a position that he had found ideal in his 10 years as a recall man ? |
| 3 | In his thirty-two years as a gallerist in Cologne , Reinz has conducted a specialised programme consisting of work by Nay , Fautrier and Poliakoff , and by artists of the German Informel School of the 1950s and 60s : Hoehme , Gutz , Bruning , Schumacher , Dahmen and Sonderborg . |
| 4 | In his early years as a clock-maker in London Fromanteel made lantern clocks of typical form with balance-wheel escapement , as well as some spring-driven table clocks . |
| 5 | In his four years as an MP Mr Devlin has kept up a high profile . |
| 6 | He had to sell Ebberston in 1848 , thanks to keeping too many racehorses and losing too many bets on them , and he died in London in 1866 , cared for in his last years by a kind and well-endowed lady friend called Elizabeth William . |
| 7 | In his seven years as a playing member of the team , Bates has twice helped Britain gain promotion to the World Group , in 1985 and again last year , and has once , in 1987 , had the disappointment of being relegated . |