Example sentences of "late years she " in BNC.

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1 In later years she would hit the shins of passers-by with it if they got in her way .
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 A former schoolteacher and the wife of a Magee College lecturer , she was of pronounced left-wing sympathies and in later years she became Bernadette Devlin 's secretary in London .
4 In her later years she never missed a hymn session on television or radio .
5 In later years she suffered badly from varicose veins on her legs , which contributed to her death at the age of 82 .
6 ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said .
7 In later years she went to Leeds and married a minister .
8 In later years she suffered very badly from arthritis .
9 His mother , Queen Taj ol Molok , appeared different — tiny and delicate , But she was equally fierce and unbending ; in later years she was frequently described as a harridan She was not easily appeased when , after the birth of the twins , Reza Shah took more wives , with whom he had six more children .
10 In later years she suffered severely from asthma .
11 Doubtless in later years she would be glad of that , but for now she was too embarrassed to care .
12 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 .
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