Example sentences of "in his [adj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | In his twenties he had taken up with a girl called Freda and got her pregnant . |
2 | While he was still in his twenties he set up his own factory in Welwyn Garden City and became a millionaire . |
3 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
4 | But now he 's in his forties he seems to have slowed down a bit . ’ |
5 | In his left he balanced a glass of scalding hot tea . |
6 | Now that he was in his mid-seventies he signed his rare letters to her ‘ Daddy ’ or even ‘ Pops ’ . |
7 | In his 20s he became a director of N.M . |