Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 2 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 3 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 4 | Lack of peak fitness had told against him on his first run of the 1989–90 season when pitched in against Desert Orchid and other top chasers in the King George VI Rank Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day . |
| 5 | At the peak of the agitation more than 12,000 troops were stationed in the disturbed regions of the Midlands and the North — more soldiers than Wellington took with him on his first expedition to Portugal in 1808 in the Peninsular War . |
| 6 | His wife of 37 years , Nesta , stood by him during his first public humiliation . |