He must have been out of practice, that or he'd softened down the years.
And since they've taken steps down the years to remove all other major players from the game, that would just leave you to take over.
I've lost a lot of friends down the years, but it never gets any easier.
We didn't make any friends on our last visit, and they've learned the hard way down the years to trust no one but themselves.
Down the years, at every turn, he has continued to portray himself and his companies in similar terms.
It was the old family expression, used by one brother to another, down the years.
God knows, he'd given her enough to complain about, down the years.
It has seen and felt too much down the years.
Their example has shone down the years of my life, though.
And now the Empire wanted to take that away from her, just like all the other things they'd taken, down the years.