Example sentences of "in his [adj] [pers pn] [vb past] " 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 | In his left he balanced a glass of scalding hot tea . |
| 5 | Now that he was in his mid-seventies he signed his rare letters to her ‘ Daddy ’ or even ‘ Pops ’ . |
| 6 | In his 20s he became a director of N.M . |