Example sentences of "[adv prt] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PLAYER tosses down his last coin by way of paying up , and turns away . |
| 2 | What was intriguing was that after the gentleman in question had filled in his first , second and third name there was room on the form , if he felt so inclined , to tell us the ‘ forename or nickname by which you are popularly known ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , ’ ruminates Shaun Ryder , frowning over his fifth pint , after a night of stilted soul-searching , six months of silence and a whole heap of rumours , ‘ it surprises me that people ever expected anything more from us . |
| 4 | Such was his hurry to get into the clubhouse from the 18th green that he was almost bowling people over in his haste and later he admitted to feeling ‘ very down ’ , still trying to get over his first round of 76 when ‘ everything went wrong ’ . |
| 5 | And so Robert Titford , Master Mariner , took over his first command . |
| 6 | Aimar promised to give no more help to his half-brothers of Angoulême and handed over his first — and third-born sons as hostages . |
| 7 | He began to write his own verse whilst still quite young , shyly at first , correcting again and again as his ‘ second thoughts blushed over his first attempts ’ . |
| 8 | Manager Tommy Gilmour will fly to Puerto Rico in three weeks to try and bring the Camacho fight to Glasgow in January , giving Weir almost three months to get over his first ever cut in one hundred and sixty seven fights as both amateur and professional . |
| 9 | High flying Banbridge now playing with confidence took play deep into the CI half and a CI infringement allowed Wray to bring his tally to eleven points when he knocked over his fourth kick of the game . |
| 10 | Tomorrow 's international is Dwyer 's 51st as Australian coach , one for every year of his to date and he kicks off his second half-century seeking his 31st victory . |
| 11 | As a general point , you should try to tie down the enemy 's best unit while you use your core troops to see off his second best troops . |
| 12 | Meanwhile Tinning , the 30-year-old Dane who is based on the Costa del Sol , reeled off his second successive 69 for his leading score of 138 . |
| 13 | Seconds later , Hardy landed a stunning left to stagger Holmes again for another count before he finished off his third defence of his crown after two minutes 40 seconds of the round , with a barrage of punches that left referee Larry O'Connell delivering the full count . |
| 14 | The amnesty is particularly good news for Houghton , who picked up his second yellow card of the qualifying tournament in Malta last month and feared that he could miss the opening game in Italy . |
| 15 | The amnesty is particularly good news for Houghton , who picked up his second yellow card of the qualifying tournament in Malta last month and feared that he could miss the opening game in Italy . |
| 16 | Evidence abounds that he has been approaching the top of his game for the event , following up his second place in the Tournament Players ' Championship , in Florida recently , with a sixth at New Orleans on Sunday . |
| 17 | While this was taking place , the deputy mayor spoke about the tradition and said he was sure Councillor Roland Simpson , who was about to take up his second year of office , would soon be discovered . |
| 18 | Johnston picked up his second try after great support for another fine Jonathan Wilson drive on the blind side . |
| 19 | Johansson followed up his second day 64 with a 68 , while Walton , second overnight , compiled a 70 with his newly-acquired old hickory-shafted putter . |
| 20 | WAQAR YOUNIS showed why he is the world 's top-rated bowler by picking up his second five wicket haul of the season as Surrey took charge against joint county championship leaders Glamorgan at The Oval . |
| 21 | EDINBURGH 's Richard Corsie notched up his second successive straight-sets win in the Midland Bank World Indoor Singles Championship in Preston yesterday . |
| 22 | Manager Graeme Souness is serving a five-game touchline ban for remarks made to officials in Moscow and David Burrows must also serve a one game ban in Liverpool 's next European game after picking up his second booking of the competition on Wednesday . |
| 23 | A MAN branded Britain 's worst motorist was jailed for six months yesterday after clocking up his 12th drink-driving offence . |
| 24 | Serie B table-toppers Cremonese had four men booked by Coventry 's Keiran Barratt and Martin Allen picked up his seventh caution of the season for a scything foul . |
| 25 | Carl 's Choice galloped to his seventh win of the season in the Open at Saturday 's East Essex meeting an hour or so after Rubie 's Choice had chalked up his fifth in the Confined . |
| 26 | The following year he chalked up his fifth win , even though his horse broke a bridle strap and bolted just before the start . |
| 27 | The Premier League 's leading scorer underwent immediate treatment after clocking up his 22nd goal of the season for Blackburn , who face Ipswich today . |
| 28 | The £3.3 million goal-scoring machine got a kick on the knee after clocking up his 22nd goal of the season . |
| 29 | He was already fifty-five years old when he took up his first corporate post , as technical director of C.A. Parsons , manufacturers of electrical generators , transformers and turbines . |
| 30 | By the time he and Norman strode out to try to win the 1986 British Open , Bender had been caddying for eighteen years , having picked up his first serious bag when he was 18 years old . |