Sentence examples for twenty years first from inspiring English sources

He had worked in the same state plant for more than twenty years, first as a machine operator, later as a truck driver.

In addition to writing novels, Neil has been a criminal lawyer for over twenty years, first as a defence lawyer and then eighteen years as a Senior Crown Prosecutor.

Peter and I lived together for close to twenty years, first as roommates, for three of our four years in college, and then, apart from a loopy, mistaken six-month move to Los Angeles, in New York City ever since.

Hobbes was his companion for twenty years, first as his tutor, later his secretary.

He lived there for five years, first with a boyfriend and then alone.

Solzhenitsyn, who had been a prisoner for eight years, first began making notes for such a project in 1958.

Accenture's campaigns had been centered on Mr. Woods for six years, first with the slogan "Go on.

I wrote the novel over the course of five years, first in English, and then in Bulgarian.

They lived together for almost six years, first in New Haven, then in New York, and have been devoted ever since.

She served in the administration of Mayor Richard J. Riordan for four years, first as press secretary and then as deputy mayor.

The middle son of his father, Alan Arkin, he was a lawyer for five years, first in Tarrytown, then in White Plains.