Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1949 for a period of around four years he was a regular figure in Minton 's life , performing as his illustrative assistant whilst also doing free-lance work and other odd jobs . |
| 2 | For nearly fifty years he 'd worked with the New York Philharmonic , the orchestra 's manager , Nick Webster , was one of the first to pay tribute to his talent at America 's best known classical musician . |
| 3 | Even as a boy Haile Selassie had believed in his imperial destiny ; for nearly twenty years he had survived conspiracies , wars and revolutions , and his resolution had never faltered . |
| 4 | Moreover , within just eleven years he had been elevated to the honorific status of ‘ Dom ’ and sent to the abbey of Hautvillers to take up the post of cellarmaster , a position second only to that of abbot . |
| 5 | In more recent years he has shown how he despises the movie industry by making only rare fleeting appearances . |
| 6 | Britain 's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately . |
| 7 | And he added his hope that in about two years he would have a more straightforward kind of book ready , developing his published studies on Diogenes Laertius , and possibly also an edition of Aeschylus ' Libation Bearers ( on which he had been lecturing earlier in the year ) Without any direct reference to this last suggestions Ritschl , in his reply a few weeks later , implicitly endorsed it . |
| 8 | For almost 30 years he was a key negotiator for East Berlin on ‘ humanitarian questions ’ and a confidante of Mr Honecker . |
| 9 | For almost 30 years he was a key negotiator for East Berlin on ‘ humanitarian questions ’ and a confidante of Mr Honecker . |
| 10 | As TODAY revealed yesterday , there had been evidence that for over four years he rented a luxury apartment only 11 miles from their bungalow at Caterham , Surrey . |
| 11 | An international exile for over two years he is poised for a late , late charge to try for a spectacular break into the Great Britain and Ireland side heading for Minneaoplis in August . |
| 12 | ‘ For very many years he has had mistresses . ’ |