Example sentences of "[pers pn] at the age of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
| 2 | After his death his wife Mary wrote that the idea of symbolising logic had occurred to him at the age of 17 ( Leibniz had had similar but less developed ideas as early as 1666 ) , but several subsequent writers ( see [ 96 , p. 235 ] ) have indicated that Boole 's work on the calculus of operations in the early 1840s must have at least influenced his approach if not actually initiated it . |
| 3 | I could have my own contributions returned or I could leave my pension where it was and draw it at the age of sixty-five . |
| 4 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 5 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 6 | Boys who did not , remained in the elementary-school system ( in , as will appear , most cases ) to linger on like dispossessed giants until the system and my grandfather let go of them at the age of fourteen . |
| 7 | ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 . |