Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years until he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is that they pursued the site owner monthly for three years until he agreed to sell the plot , seconds away from Hampstead Heath , then designed a five-bedroom house with 40ft outdoor pool and had it built . |
| 2 | Zimmerman was ambassador to Yugoslavia for three years until he was called home in May . |
| 3 | ‘ He ran the Mafia 's drug business in Britain for ten years until he was arrested in the mid-eighties . ’ |
| 4 | Formerly Associate Technical Director , he was with the Institute for 33 years until he retired four years ago |
| 5 | He was the most successful of the moor 's highwaymen , practising for 42 years until he was spotted by one of his victims in a London street . |
| 6 | Robert Bickerstaffe was the coxswain of the first Blackpool lifeboat for 23 years until he retired in 1887 , and one of his sons , John , became the first chairman of the Blackpool Tower Company — neatly linking the Institution with the title of the book ! |
| 7 | Mr Timms resigned but Mr Cooke denied he had been dishonest and stayed for two years until he was fired in August last year . |
| 8 | After the administration of Edward Heath ( 1970–4 ) , Labour replaced the Conservatives again , winning two elections in 1974 , and Wilson returned to power for two years until he was succeeded on his retirement by James Callaghan . |
| 9 | Jon stayed with them for two years until he had enough money to own a bus of his own . |
| 10 | His friends say the van , which he kept for two years until he turned professional in 1954 , helped teach him more about comedy than anything else . |
| 11 | He was the head of fine art at the school of art for 20 years until he gave it all up to paint fulltime . |