Example sentences of "[vb pp] his [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Louis Dersingham was clearly annoyed to find himself having answered his sister in the first place . |
| 4 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 5 | The helium-3 is what Palmer was trying to produce as it was the presence of this gas in the atmosphere that had stimulated his idea in the first place , but detecting it would not be easy . |
| 6 | Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest also based his judgment on the nineteenth century jurisprudence . |
| 7 | He had dictated his resignation to the first secretary he encountered . |
| 8 | He had holed his putt on the 16th and was one shot ahead . |
| 9 | Peter Blake , the skipper of Steinlager 2 , has pinned his course to the 50th Parallel , doubtless in an effort to avoid the icebergs ; Dalton seems willing to take greater risks . |
| 10 | But he 's developed his game over the last couple of years very well . |
| 11 | The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in July 1990 had overturned his conviction on the first charge and sent the other two convictions back to US District Court judge Gerhard A. Gesell , to determine whether testimony from any of the 67 witnesses at the original trial had been influenced — directly or indirectly — by information which North gave Congress under grant of limited immunity during four days of nationally televised interrogation in June 1987 [ see p. 37605 ] . |
| 12 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 13 | Seb backed up his threat with a two-pronged pitchfork , jabbing it to within inches of Boz 's face as the gipsy placed his foot on the first rung . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's happened , Mr Gooseneck ? ’ asked Amiss , when he had worked his way through the first stage of what was one of the best breakfasts he 'd ever had in his life . |
| 15 | Little Rock had forced the Eisenhower administration to act and in the same year , 1957 , the President had put his support behind the first Civil Rights Act passed for over 80 years . |
| 16 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 17 | Woosnam should further have improved his score at the 17th but putted feebly one just longer than a 5ft 4in Woosie . |