Example sentences of "in [adj] year he [be] " in BNC.

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1 By 1917 his paintings were to fetch the highest prices during his lifetime and in that year he is credited with painting one hundred and twenty-five canvases , a painting every three days .
2 In that year he was host to the Princess Anne , who came to the synagogue during Passover , the first occasion on which a member of the royal family visited the Jews at prayer .
3 In that year he was appointed CBE , and received the degree of honorary D.Litt. from both the universities of Wales and Ireland .
4 The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling .
5 In these years he was one of a few markedly royalist bishops among a generally Montfortian episcopate .
6 In these years he was frequently a proctor for prelates and religious institutions in Parliament .
7 Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers .
8 In later years he was once asked whether he , who was shy , was anguished when forced to go out visiting homes in Liverpool and to try to make the first touch with a strange family .
9 In those years he was working hard on his Bovary ( though not , perhaps , as hard as he liked to maintain ) and at the end of the day , since a physical release was too complicated for him and would contain too many things he could n't entirely command , he sought an intellectual release .
10 He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident .
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