Example sentences of "was [prep] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was for nine years Consultant Architect to Llandaff Cathedral until his retirement . |
| 2 | He was for many years Brother Buccaneer to the literary dining club , The Sette of Odd Volumes , where his quick repartee was much appreciated . |
| 3 | Another Mitchell known as " Puddin " was for many years tree planter in the village and at the later part of the 19th century planted trees around the cemetery , always maintaining he was one short , and if one takes the trouble to look there is a gap still awaiting the missing tree . |
| 4 | He determined the fossils that were the key to the rock succession in the Southern Uplands , was for many years palaeontologist to the Scottish branch of the Geological Survey , and late in life wrote an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea , a group that had fascinated him since he had searched rock pools for crabs with his father . |
| 5 | They had three daughters and one son , Matthew , who followed his father 's profession and was for many years superintendent of the LNER locomotive depot at Neasden , London . |
| 6 | He was for 55 years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin . |
| 7 | A friend and promoter of the music of Hindemith , Satie , Honegger , Alban Berg and Milhaud , he wrote well-received books on Milhaud and Stravinsky , and was for 15 years director of Belgian State Radio 's music programmes . |
| 8 | Jean Ritchie ( Mrs Patterson ) specialised in Radiotherapy ( D. M. R. T. ) and was for three years Consultant Radiotherapist in Singapore . |
| 9 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 10 | This would amount to £216 3s as the value of a florin at this period was 3/ , this sum with 25 marks which he paid to the Pope for his consent was about one years income of this bishopric . |