Example sentences of "he worked for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked for five years on preparing the case before committing suicide out of bitter frustration . |
| 2 | Previously he worked for nineteen years in Kirkcaldy as a Shift Manager . |
| 3 | Now a qualified CA , he worked for six years in the Middle East , mainly in Palestine/Israel and the Lebanon . |
| 4 | He worked for many years with Darlington firm Paton and Baldwin , rising to the position of chairman of sales before his retirement . |
| 5 | He worked for three years with Sir Samuel Canning [ q.v. ] , |
| 6 | A director of Courtaulds Textiles , he was equally well known in Courtaulds , where he worked for 25 years before the textiles demerger in 1990 . |
| 7 | In the 1960s he worked for several years in industry , including a period as Chief Architect at Camus , before being appointed Head of the Architectural Division at the National Building Agency . |
| 8 | He worked for several years at the British Rail Works in Swindon , where he was regularly exposed to asbestos . |
| 9 | When he came out he worked for some years at a stud-farm at Henley ( Suffolk ) ; then he went back to smithing and worked for many years at Needham Market , a large village near Ipswich : |
| 10 | Born in Devon in 1954 , Andrew Mudge left school at the age of fifteen and did nine years ' service in the Navy before becoming Gardener for the Trust at Castle Drogo where he worked for seven years . |