Example sentences of "[conj] his [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is known of Freeth 's education or his early years , although it seems that he was once an itinerant street ballad-singer . |
| 2 | Mr a forty four year old restaurant owner is still unable to sleep although his four year old son appears unaffected by what happened . |
| 3 | Mr Miah , a forty four year old restaurant owner , is still unable to sleep , although his four year old son Amsa appears unaffected by what happened . |
| 4 | The Aga Khan , one of the sport 's leading owner-breeders , seems to have accepted that his three-and-a-half year challenge to the decision to disqualify Aliysa for failing a dope test after winning the 1989 Oaks has run its course . |
| 5 | When told that his two years at sea did not count , he resignedly attended his medical only to discover that his hearing was impaired and he was declared unfit for military service . |
| 6 | At 29 , the head Raider does not appear to accept that his best years are behind him , bad news perhaps for Jonathan Davies , for whom the press conference provided a first glimpse of a man whose reputation travels before him . |
| 7 | It had been a very unhappy time for him , especially since he knew that his advancing years prevented him from getting a job as a carman . |
| 8 | He said Evans had an exemplary character and it was inevitable that his 31 years of public service would end . |
| 9 | He looks tired and cold , younger than his twelve years . |
| 10 | Tao Chu , in contrast , seemed younger than his eight years and wore his heart embroidered like a peacock on his sleeve . |
| 11 | The weight his stepfather had put on the young man 's shoulders had made David seem much older than his twenty-eight years . |
| 12 | A natty dresser who looks much younger than his 57 years , he is everything that Americans ask for in Japanese politicians : charismatic , decisive , articulate , a natural leader . |
| 13 | Its eventual success acted as a springboard for the union boss , who looks much younger than his 56 years . |
| 14 | Grey-faced and grim , he is looking older than his 55 years . |
| 15 | Even in long trousers and polished shoes and a brand-new bomber jacket , he looked much younger than his nine years . |
| 16 | Now extremely overweight and looking older than his sixty-five years , Brando spurns most film offers , although he appeared in The Freshman in 1989 and promptly denounced it to the world before it was even in the can . |
| 17 | HE 'S 5ft 3in tall , looks older than his 48 years , and is nobody 's idea of a film star . |
| 18 | Obscure as they often are , more is known of Cnut 's foreign relations than his later years in England . |
| 19 | Far more cool , calm and level-headed than his 22 years should allow , he is one of the new breed : intent on restoring a live , funkier and altogether more sincere approach to modern dance music . |
| 20 | Peter Roebuck might not have looked 13 in 1969 , but then he could well be taken for less than his 36 years now . |
| 21 | Then Julius got slowly to his feet , looking very much older than his thirty-six years . |
| 22 | With his practical knowledge of mining engineering and his nine years as a football manager , Chapman was well equipped to deal with the demands of industrial management . |
| 23 | 4 year old , Freddie Scott and his 5 year old sister , Cheryl , at their grandmothers house in Gloucester . |
| 24 | 9 year old Michael Roper and his 14 year old step brother , Philip Giles were on a family skiing holiday at Lake Tahoe in California when the tragedy happened . |
| 25 | He moved there in 1920 and his first years were marked by extreme poverty . |
| 26 | Mr wife and his four year old and eleven year old sons . |
| 27 | Three members of the family were pulled from their beds : Mr Miah 's wife and his four year old and eleven year old sons . |
| 28 | Masefield 's years in training on the Conway and his scant year at sea were among many experiences in his early life in which he pursued a quest for beauty , in nature and in man , a quest whose romantic zest was combined with a strong interest in technical matters , in the structure and working of everyday . |
| 29 | That 's certainly what the routine has given Josh and his 32 year wife Laura in just over four years the couple have had five children . |
| 30 | He and his 13 year old friend Andre Leota were playing when they were assaulted by three men . |