Example sentences of "[subord] in [adj] year he " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At Dulwich and Oxford University he was an excellent athlete and Rugby Union Player , while in later years he became a good club cricketer and a member of I Zingari . |
| 3 | But there was also a sense in which he despised fame even as he obtained it , and when in this year he described Mark Twain as a man who wanted success or reputation and yet at the same time " resented their violation of his integrity " , there can be little doubt that once again he was expressing his own feelings through the agency of another 's . |
| 4 | By 1820 , not only did he own Freames , but he was apparently also the owner of neighbouring Pitts Mill , for in that year he leased both to Nathaniel Samuel Marling . |
| 5 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |
| 6 | The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling . |