Example sentences of "in [num] years he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In eight years he built his television services company , Carlton Communications , to a value of £1 billion . |
| 2 | He said that in 10 years he hoped to have boosted the Mongolian economy to South Korea 's present level , with the help of the developed countries and of international economic organizations . |
| 3 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |
| 4 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 5 | In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications . |
| 6 | In twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ . |
| 7 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
| 8 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 9 | In nine years he has brought the Labour Party back from the dead to the brink of power . |
| 10 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 11 | It has been estimated that in 16 years he acquired a fortune of £40,000 , despite apparently losing a lot of money in a project for the commercial manufacture of seated cast-iron horseshoes . |
| 12 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |
| 13 | In two years he hopes to complete his work , which could become a model for future generations to save the rainforests for centuries to come . |