Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [prep] [num] years " in BNC.

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1 After the war he served for 30 years in the history section of the
2 In 1935 he became literary editor of the Listener , a post he held for twenty-four years .
3 General Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France , in 1958 , a position he held for eleven years .
4 He became honorary lecturer in microscopy at King 's College , London , in 1909 , a position he held for sixteen years .
5 In 1889 he was elected as first county councillor for Dursley , a position he held for thirty years and which was followed by nine years as county alderman .
6 This was produced in Baskerville 's capacity as printer to Cambridge University , an office he held for ten years .
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