Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he was popping happily round a spooky 3′6″ course with tyres , polythene bags and barrels as fillers , I took him to his first indoor showjumping competition . |
| 2 | Yet it was a most unlikely vehicle which took him to his first truly national conquest : a cart . |
| 3 | It was Alan 's wife who entered him for his first rally and he enjoyed it so much he decided to continue . |
| 4 | He seems to think he has the moral right to usurp him , completely ignoring the woman who nurtured him through his last worst year . |
| 5 | he deserves a happier memorial than the one afforded him by his last few crazy hours on the dance-floor and the street . |
| 6 | One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce . |
| 7 | The husband was called Jack , and everyone called him by his first name , but for some reason one always called his wife Mrs Thwaites , although we all knew her Christian name was Margaret . |