Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a period of fifteen years he noted that not only were the ridge and furrow patterns of each individual 's prints unique , but that they never changed . |
| 2 | Barnard inherited a large fortune from his father : over a period of fifty years he devoted himself to the formation of a collection of prints , drawings , and paintings , becoming one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day . |
| 3 | In a period of ten years he recorded at least thirty proven cases of clairvoyance between himself , or his wife , and a horse . |
| 4 | According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies . |
| 5 | In longterm studies over several years he shows that with a wheat free diet these children are gaining weight and are reaching anormal growth pattern by comparison with age matched controls . |
| 6 | Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers . |
| 7 | Each year for six years he gathered the seed and planted each grain again . |
| 8 | He has strong interests in education , and management training and much experience of negotiating with government , something that we all need in N C V O. For some years he 's been a member of the Council for Voluntary Service Overseas . |
| 9 | When he thought of India in later years he would always see these two men and two bullocks and the leather bag flooding out its water as it settled on the ground . |
| 10 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |