Example sentences of "in his [noun sg] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's me been putting sugar in his Ovaltine for the last fifty years . |
| 2 | At Sussex University , he met Gail Rebuck , who would figure largely in his life for the next twenty years . |
| 3 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 4 | Walking from the taxi to his apartment , Ross had felt the sting and throb in his face for the first time . |
| 5 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |