Example sentences of "he [vb past] his [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that he 'd come down and hopped through a hole in the fence where the canal ran alongside some waste ground , and now he was staying off the streets as he made his way across town and toward home ground . |
| 2 | As he made his way to work , Martin felt strangely elated and filled with the need to tell someone about his new experience . |
| 3 | He made his way to bed , going backwards up the stairs , making use of his arms and one good leg . |
| 4 | He made his debut for Palace on 27 October 1923 when Palace won 1–0 at Bradford City but he really came to the fore when an injury to Bob Greener left a vacancy in the half-back line for the 3rd Replay with Notts County at Villa Park , in Palace 's longest ever Cup-tie in February 1924 . |
| 5 | Ferguson , who was only 17 when he made his debut at fullback for Newcastle United , moved on to play for Derby County , Cardiff City , Barry Town and Newport County before joining Ipswich as coach . |
| 6 | After playing only a handful of games for Celtic , Docherty moved south to Preston North End , where he made his debut on Christmas Day 1949 , eventually displacing his mentor Bill Shankly and rising through the ranks to captain the Preston side . |
| 7 | The first step in that direction was taken by Judas in 161 B.C. , when he made his treaty of alliance with the Romans . |
| 8 | Then she fell upon him , leaning out and abandoning herself to his grip , throwing both legs up until she was rammed to the hilt of him , and feeling that marvellous pulse as he squandered his month of continence into her , spending on and on . |
| 9 | He succeeded his father as baronet in 1792 , and lived at Brompton Hall , between Pickering and Scarborough , throughout his life . |
| 10 | In due course he succeeded his father as king in Egypt , marrying his sister Isis . |
| 11 | King Hussein ibn Talal , of the Hashemite dynasty , has played the major role in Jordanian politics since he succeeded his father as King in 1952 . |
| 12 | He resigned earlier this month in a letter to his local constituency party in Chester , where he succeeded his father as president in 1977 . |
| 13 | Speaking from the White House — via a telephone line connected to loudspeakers — he restated his opposition to abortion . |
| 14 | Feeding bloodworm and odd casters , he pinned his faith on redworm on the hook . |
| 15 | He did not seem the type , yet he passed his course at Achnacarry with flying colours . |
| 16 | It was only after he took two bullets in the thigh and wrist and a shotgun blast in the back , and his brother was murdered by rival gangs that he channelled his aggression into baseball . |
| 17 | The main objection came from John Lovell one day when he met his brother-in-law by chance , as he returned from a visit to the Cartwrights , the wardens at the new homes . |
| 18 | This summer he will be holidaying with the same friends with whom he shared his Holiday in Hell ( page 50 ) , although their destination this time is in the South of France . |
| 19 | At this point he announced his disillusionment with Marxism , and began to express right-wing views . |
| 20 | After three months of being examined in prison , awaiting sentence' he announced his renunciation of non-cooperation . |
| 21 | Shortly after his defeat he announced his retirement from politics . |
| 22 | When Karl was five or six , bored with the village school , he asked his mother for French lessons , and continued with them after they went back to Hamburg . |
| 23 | He led his side to victory over Prescot in the FA Vase last week , and was happy to give credit where it was due . |
| 24 | He got his PhD through animal experimentation , but he was n't qualified when it came to recombinant DNA technique . |
| 25 | By an incredible coincidence , the day in 1986 when Simon proposed to Hilary also turned out to be the day he got his breakthrough with Radio One . |
| 26 | He had been at Cambridge , where he got his Blue for rowing . |
| 27 | Upset by what he had seen and casting around for someone to blame , he translated his guilt into aggression and resurrected the threat of marriage to Sien as a supposed solution . |
| 28 | He wiped his hand from brow to chin in the hope of sloughing the illusion off , and in these seconds she opened the door to make her escape . |
| 29 | He retained his position of Director of the Africa Literature Centre in Kitwe until 31 March , and the Centre is now looking for a successor . |
| 30 | No doubt it was easier to reform it with Dzerzhihsky nut of Moscow , although he retained his post as head . |