Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were n't having him go over budget , as he had six years ago . |
| 2 | It was purely for ‘ practical reasons ’ , as he wrote many years later , that Hardy abandoned his fruitless attempts to publish poetry in favour of writing fiction , for which there was a lively demand throughout the 19th century . |
| 3 | As he has other years . |
| 4 | The sundial was a small object and , once the Earl had detached it ( as he did many years earlier ) from its pedestal , it ceased to be part of the realty . |
| 5 | Throughout the book Eccleshall demonstrates an impressive authority and ease with his sources as he ransacks 300 years of Conservative thought to discover the meaning of Conservatism . |
| 6 | Confronted by her misdemeanours , as he ended 28 years in prison , Mr Mandela observed with dignity that if his wife was in trouble it was because he had not been free to take proper care of her . |