Example sentences of "[adj -er] years [pers pn] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later years we borrowed Blossom , a big Clydesdale-type mare , from John Sayer at West New Houses , and eventually we bought her . |
| 2 | In their later years they joined forces , and there is a photograph showing them together excavating one of the ‘ Danes ’ graves ' in 1898 . |
| 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 | During his later years he practised law in London and on the Northern circuit . |
| 5 | Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time . |
| 6 | In these earlier years he eschewed biography as a path to understanding . |