Example sentences of "after [adj] years he [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | After 10 years he worked for The Farmers Journal . |
2 | After three years he had saved up enough money to travel to Melbourne where he stayed with his uncle . |
3 | After three years he moved to a supervisory grade , and in 1960 to barley drying in the ‘ new maltings ’ , known as No. 1 Maltings . |
4 | ‘ When the war ended he returned to live in Italy and marry his girlfriend , but after twelve years he deserted his wife and daughter and went back to England . ’ |
5 | And this scenario , we 've got a client who started with er , it looks like a hundred and fifty thousand pounds worth of life cover , after five years he had a further need , perhaps erm , a further child or , as I say , er , a lifestyle increase or whatever . |
6 | After five years he moved to become manager of a shop in Scarborough before coming to Darlington in 1989 . |
7 | After five years he held a Council first at Pavia then at Siena , but it was so poorly attended it has not been counted as ecumenical . |
8 | After several years he displayed the results in London in 1804 but said himself that the calves at one month old were ‘ as fat as quails ’ , though he declared that in due course the hide , flesh , milk and tallow would be of superior quality and value . |
9 | After two years he had half-a-dozen going concerns all around the city . |
10 | After two years he received the certificate of the college for proficiency in chemistry . |
11 | After two years he moved to Border Television in Carlisle where being part of a small team allowed him to dabble in all areas of production . |