Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb past] [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he applied for judicial review he did not know whether his tariff exceeded 20 years , but on 10 April 1990 his solicitors were informed by the Home Office that it did not . |
| 2 | Mr O'Shaughnessy , who was given custody of Ryan when his marriage ended 10 years ago , said : ‘ My sister and grand-daughter are buried there . |
| 3 | His campaign lasted 50 years , deforming American politics , imposing a queasy notion of Americanism that was very close to 19th century nativism . |
| 4 | Since his ordeal began two years ago , Mr Greenway has shown little sign of anxiety over the case . |
| 5 | He had to drive his two daughters to school since his wife died four years ago and needed his licence , he said . |
| 6 | Masson died in Lower Edmonton 5 November 1853 and his wife followed two years later , leaving two children . |
| 7 | In 1759 , while Smart was confined , his family moved to Dublin , although his wife returned two years later to Reading , they were never reunited . |
| 8 | His career spanned 25 years ( 1832–1857 ) and he achieved lasting fame by scoring no fewer than 162 during a match played on ice in 1841 . |
| 9 | Ben Braithwaite , lusty , thirty years old , his own master and master of a sizeable fortune since his father died two years ago , certainly thought so . |
| 10 | It was made from a recipe his grandmother used 70 years ago — flower of elder , citric acid , lemon and sugar . |
| 11 | His win ended 11 years of American domination of the championship . |
| 12 | At the meeting Czechoslovak Environment Minister Josef Vavrousek claimed that life expectancy in his country averaged seven years less than the EC norm , principally due to industrial pollution , notably from sulphur dioxide emissions from the combustion of lignite ( brown coal ) . |
| 13 | His ascent began 10 years ago when he was made marketing director of Lever in the Netherlands . |
| 14 | His downfall came five years later and the new owners were the Denison family who eventually took the name of the village for their title . |
| 15 | He has always regarded the break-up as good fortune and at last found some degree of stability when his mother remarried six years later . |