Example sentences of "[noun] in his [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor has given the former Nottingham Forest midfielder 10 caps in his three years without ever finding a niche for the 26-year-old . |
| 2 | Gurney , who scored 205 goals in his fourteen years with Sunderland , worked out a way of drawing the centre-half with him while collecting the ball from the wing then suddenly laying it back to the centre for another forward . |
| 3 | He says that this is the most unpleasant period in his 25 years in local Government . |
| 4 | Among Mr Powell 's successes in his five years in the hot seat were EastEnders and Birds Of A Feather . |
| 5 | PC Bob Holt has been assaulted three times in his three years in the force . |
| 6 | With Nottingham Forest bottom of the Premier League , manager Clough is reeling from the club 's worst start in his 17 years as boss at the City Ground . |
| 7 | I remember discussing broken tanks with perhaps the most experienced fishkeeper I know ‘ Aquarian ’ expert Dr David Ford , and he 's had only one breakage in his fifty years in the hobby . |
| 8 | ‘ Jim had a very eventful life in his 27 years , so the question is what you leave out . |
| 9 | After a good deal of success in his 13 years of moto cross , Zeelenberg would have gone with them but for the advice of manager Jan Huberts , who still manages Zeelenberg and the Sharp Samson team . |
| 10 | His achievements at the RA in his 10 years of office were immense , innovative and all modestly carried through . |
| 11 | After his record-breaking exploits with Wigan , Iro did n't strike gold in his two years at Manly . |
| 12 | He had won eight events and nearly $2,000,000 in his 12 years on the US Tour . |
| 13 | He worked as its honorary secretary until its demise in 1919 when , according to his own view in his Seventy Years among Savages ( 1921 ) , ‘ It ended as it began in its character of Forlorn Hope ; we had the good will of the free-lances , not of the public or the professors . ’ |
| 14 | The Prime Minister of Singapore , Lee Kuan Yew , visited China on Oct. 16-24 , his fifth such visit in his 31 years as Premier . |
| 15 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 16 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 17 | More than at any time in his 64 years , Mr Preston now needs his cool , commercial banker 's brain . |
| 18 | Marsden says there is more change , more uncertainty , than at any time in his 33 years in the fertilizer business . |
| 19 | Cole has worked at a variety of catering units run by High Table in his five years with the company and has now been promoted to executive chef . |