Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years he have " in BNC.
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| 1 | For thirty-nine years he had devoted himself to the British public . |
| 2 | For forty years he had n't been able to bring himself to venture into it again . |
| 3 | After three years he had saved up enough money to travel to Melbourne where he stayed with his uncle . |
| 4 | And this scenario , we 've got a client who started with er , it looks like a hundred and fifty thousand pounds worth of life cover , after five years he had a further need , perhaps erm , a further child or , as I say , er , a lifestyle increase or whatever . |
| 5 | After two years he had half-a-dozen going concerns all around the city . |
| 6 | For six years he had remained current by flying a dozen hours a year , mainly on Cessna 150s ; then between 1986 and 1989 he flew only six hours , with his last recorded solo flight in August 1987 and last dual in August 1989 . |
| 7 | These past three years he had grown sullen and morose , keeping himself at a distance , always watching her , silently blaming her for Maisie 's tragic death . |
| 8 | For three years he had been with Jesus and heard his teaching — that he was bound to suffer , to die and to be raised from the dead . |
| 9 | For three years he 's been campaigning on behalf of his brother Gary Mills and another man Tony Poole . |
| 10 | A one time marine and lifelong sailor Bob Shepton has always wanted to sail around the world … for three years he 's been planning and preparing for this voyage … |
| 11 | For three years he 's been training and testing out would be crews … |
| 12 | For 18 years he has lived in the same house in London 's Gospel Oak , though he could easily afford the neighbouring and more upmarket Hampstead . |
| 13 | He lay awake in the big double bed where for sixteen years he had striven desperately to create the heirs to inherit his many rich acres , but there had been no children . |
| 14 | For ten years he had been her constant companion . |
| 15 | For ten years he had lived this lonely life , his heart full of sadness and his head full of dark dreams . |
| 16 | Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before . |
| 17 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 18 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |
| 19 | Within three years he had emigrated to the United States . |
| 20 | Within three years he had become the most successful muslin manufacturer in Britain . |
| 21 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 22 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 23 | Within ten years he had conquered the other tribes along the Mad Dog Pass and subjugated the Night Goblin tribes that lived around and under Thunder Mountain . |
| 24 | In twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ . |
| 25 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 26 | In nine years he has brought the Labour Party back from the dead to the brink of power . |
| 27 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 28 | It did n't last ; his alienation from England seems to have coincided with an alienation from Dorothy , for within five years he had a child by Olga Rudge . |
| 29 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |
| 30 | Within two years he had so firmly established himself that he was able to bring to Canada his wife and young son , Lyon , where they settled happily , first at Maberly , Ontario , then in Montreal , a home with more than a touch of aristocratic manners and style . |