Example sentences of "in [adj -er] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later life he said that he was terrified of his father and found his mother over-possessive . |
| 2 | In later life he had to be subsidized by the teetotal movement and lived with his eldest sister . |
| 3 | In later life he expanded this social interest , even attempting to enter Parliament , standing as a candidate for East Worcestershire in 1874 , but his platform , based on proposals to deal with the health problems of prostitution near garrisons and naval establishments , attracted little support . |
| 4 | Either way , in later life he looked back on that experience as evidence that dancing could be part of everyday life in a way that it is not for most Europeans . |
| 5 | In later life it served as a stable , the 16th century structure being initially restored in 1937 and subsequently converted . |
| 6 | For Jean Henderson , who entered the trade in the 1890s , it was perhaps , her daughter thinks , the orphanage with its " feminist " matron that urged her to take up what in later life she felt to be an intellectual calling . |
| 7 | In later life she suffered much from ill health , and lived largely in retirement . |
| 8 | The Chief Officer needed to contribute to this work and to help the Council maintain the influence in higher education it had developed in the previous six years , and to develop public awareness of the Council 's aims and activities . |
| 9 | In earlier life he had been in Canada and it is certain that at least some youthful potential emigrants to Canada were inspired by his accounts of life there . |