Example sentences of "in the [num] years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Costner , David , 40 , has had to guard Whitney from hordes of obsessed fans in the four years he has been working for her . |
| 2 | Chief Superintendent McLean says that last summer the resources he allocated to the protection of the Ks were greater than those given to anything , other than really serious crimes such as murder , in the two years he had been in charge of Hounslow division . |
| 3 | In the nine years he remained at school his closest companions were to include Bob Allen , Val le Grice , and Thomas Middleton ; but no friend proved more lasting or dependable than the gifted , tongue-tied Charles Lamb , son of a minor official at the Inner Temple . |
| 4 | In the 3 years he 's been there , he 's had 2 burglaries and this is the second van that 's been taken . |
| 5 | In his own beloved English , it was always higher , averaging 71.3 per cent in the three years he offered the subject ; French , which was only offered in his first year produced a convincing 75 per cent ; and Economics , offered in two years , 62 per cent . |
| 6 | He felt himself warm toward the sullenly controlled man as he never had in the three years he had been on the paper . |
| 7 | But in the three years he had worked for her , she had n't deceived him . |