Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] years before he " in BNC.
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1 | Jarvefelt was an actor in Stockholm for five years before he got into opera , and — like many theatre people — he was disinclined to challenge the presumed limitations of opera singers as actors . |
2 | ‘ Terry had been on tea for four years before he first began using horse . ’ |
3 | Dr John O'Sullivan worked at ICI 's Northwich and Merseyside sites for 15 years before he was made redundant . |
4 | Adding to his work of 30 years before he proved Galois ' assertion that if a finite group G contains pm elements , p being a prime , when G contains a subgroup of order p . |
5 | Erm Giles is a longstanding member of this union , colleagues , and er , many colleagues may not realize it , but was formerly the res the national research officer of the union for many years before he , he entered parliament and of course , from time to time , enters into the script of things and many colleagues will know that er one of the great biographers of the trade union movement is of course , Constructive Militant you know , a must for all G M B new stewards and new convenors and branch secretaries a must to be read . |
6 | The Richard the Third Society has the Duke of Gloucester as its patron , which is very pertinent because , as you know , Richard the Third held the title of Duke of Gloucester for many years before he became king . ’ |