for about nine years造句

• I ve been on the board now for about nine years
  原本他答应来这儿，但现在他要到耶路撒冷去。
• I had been a vegetarian for about nine years and had tried many spiritual paths without success , so i became quite excited about following master and practicing the quan yin method
  那时我已经吃素快九年了，尝试过许多修行法门但都没有成效，因此我想追随师父修观音法门。