Example sentences of "years he [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each year for six years he gathered the seed and planted each grain again . |
| 2 | For the next twenty years he managed the Lyceum , organizing eight tours of the United States and Canada . |
| 3 | For years he keeps the kid hidden away like the greatest secret in the galaxy , and now he 's showing him off for everybody to see . |
| 4 | In the following years he took the diploma of ARCS and B.Sc. |
| 5 | After two years he received the certificate of the college for proficiency in chemistry . |
| 6 | In his own beloved English , it was always higher , averaging 71.3 per cent in the three years he offered the subject ; French , which was only offered in his first year produced a convincing 75 per cent ; and Economics , offered in two years , 62 per cent . |
| 7 | When A had lived x years he became the father of B. He lived after the birth of B y years and had other sons and daughters . |
| 8 | In his final years he witnessed the introduction of vaccination ( 1798 ) and the rejection of inoculation by the majority of doctors . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If the mortgagor is a lessee for years he effects the mortgage by a sub-lease . |
| 11 | For the next ten years he travelled the world , visiting and working in mines and quarries in every continent . |
| 12 | As breeder and exhibitor of budgerigars for the past 12 years he finds the joke wearing thin , but it has n't dampened his enthusiasm for his hobby . |
| 13 | For some eight years he opened the innings for Hampshire with the great Barry Richards , a daunting prospect for many a young bowler hoping to establish himself — and many an older one who already had . |
| 14 | I am quite sure that over the years he saved the company substantial legal costs ! ’ |
| 15 | For many years he edited the Cefn Chronicle and later worked for the North Wales Newspapers group . |
| 16 | For the next five years he remained the king 's captive , and only in December 1327 , a year after the old reign had ended in a revolution , did Edward III order his release and the return of his lands . |