Example sentences of "[prep] her [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During her last year she joined the Voluntary Service Unit and visited an old lady in Sevenoaks once a week . |
| 2 | During her later years she was never visible till mid-day , by which time she would , in an upstairs drawing-room , be found occupying a cushionless chair at a large central table ; with a glass of port at her right hand and a volume of sermons at her left . |
| 3 | In her first year she had one of those rare teachers who notices children and treats each one differently . |
| 4 | In her early years it met three days a week , but in the final decades was meeting on six or seven . |
| 5 | In her early years she helped to start the Girl Guide movement in Swansea and London . |
| 6 | In her teenage years she had thought it out carefully . |
| 7 | In her later years she never missed a hymn session on television or radio . |
| 8 | Even in her later years she worked on film and television projects as well as with a US daily radio commentary , The Best Years , consisting of homely reminiscences about the elderly . |
| 9 | Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit . |
| 10 | In her last year she shared a flat with a 70-year-old mother-of-seven from Wales , who was doing history finals . |
| 11 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |