Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after this incident Richard emerges from the obscurity which had surrounded his movements in the last two years since he knelt in homage at Montmirail . |
| 2 | Denying his guilt to the last , he said he did n't bear his wife any ill will . |
| 3 | A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks . |
| 4 | The MI5 man paused for a moment to stroke his beard again and a hint of emotion , of disgust , entered his voice for the first time . |
| 5 | He always has his party on the last free night before production . ’ |
| 6 | Oxford United will be announcing their new manager in the morning — we 'll be revealing his name for the first time , tonight on Central News . |
| 7 | But Neolithic tribesmen and Iron Age warriors left their mark on these slopes thousands of years before Ranulf , Earl of Chester , built his fortress in the thirteenth century . |
| 8 | Steven Hodgson , in his first year in the championships , stopped his opponent in the third round , and Craig Wake had a walkover . |
| 9 | Mercer used his pace in the second half to get in at the corner after Harmon 's effort and Forster scored after a quick-witted kick by Turner , who also kicked five goals . |
| 10 | In the same year he used his interest with the tenth Baron Petre to secure the parliamentary seat of Thetford ( 31 electors ) with the approval of Petre 's guardian , Charles Howard , eleventh Duke of Norfolk [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | THE former chairman of the GLC 's Police Committee and member of Ken Livingstone 's municipal revolutionary guard , Boateng , 40 , has risen rapidly since gaining his seat at the last election . |
| 12 | He was educated at home , and at the King Jan Sobieski Gymnasium in Cracow , then at the Jagiellonian University , where he studied physics , mathematics , and philosophy , gaining his doctorate in the last subject ‘ with the highest imperial honours ’ in 1908 . |
| 13 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 14 | Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute . |
| 15 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 16 | The blonde hostess leaned across him to re-charge his glass for the umpteenth time . |
| 17 | Why , then , could Tolkien not finish his legends of the First Age off ? |
| 18 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 19 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |
| 20 | Essex Middleton cup manager Norman Groves has selected his side for the second trial match against Berkshire Under-35s to be played at the Esso BC , Abingdon , on Sunday morning . |
| 21 | The stoma care nurse and ward nurses were able to answer his questions over the next few days and also showed Mr Reynolds some of the bags which can be worn over a stoma and let him practise handling these . |
| 22 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 23 | Baldwin told his Chancellor during the first weekend of October , and then proceeded to consult in ones or twos with other members of the Cabinet , the traditional free traders — Salisbury , Derby , Devonshire and Novar — as well as the natural protectionists — Amery and Hoare . |
| 24 | The result of each one is made known to the voter before he casts his vote in the next , and the series is prolonged until there emerges at the top of the poll a candidate with an absolute majority . |
| 25 | Lawrence , who fractured his kneecap on the last day of the final test in Wellington , arrived at Gatwick airport this morning . |
| 26 | Louis Dersingham was clearly annoyed to find himself having answered his sister in the first place . |
| 27 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 28 | If Quigley had ever had a chance of regaining his grip on the First Spiritualist Church of South Wimbledon , he had lost all hope of it now . |
| 29 | Michael Duffy , the Province 's No. 1 ranked amateur , sealed his place in the Last 16 with a sparkling 127 clearance in the fourth frame of his match against Colin Sewell . |
| 30 | After scattering his drives throughout the first three rounds , he began to find the fairways . |