Example sentences of "in his [det] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in India , where Owen had served before he came to Egypt , and where in his latter years he had been seconded from his regiment to an Intelligence post on the Frontier , it had been normal practice to purchase information . |
| 2 | Hogarth also lived there , but he was often at his business address in Leicester Fields , and in his latter years he became ‘ Sergeant Painter ’ to the King . |
| 3 | In his latter years he took little day-to-day interest in racing , but was seen as an elder statesman of the turf . |
| 4 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 5 | In his own words he went ‘ walkabout ’ . |
| 6 | In his own words he returned with a ‘ rich harvest of knowledge ’ , ‘ the finest collection extant ’ ; in the words of prince , ‘ His collections of Birds , quadrupeds , nests and eggs are unquestionably the finest that have ever been brought home ’ . |