Example sentences of "on the first [noun sg] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Thompson , 42 , of Chelmsford , Essex , was murdered in October in a hotel car park on the first day of his holiday . |
| 2 | And on the first day of his eight-day tour of the Greek Islands with wife Lady Mills , it ‘ went ’ again and left him unable to walk . |
| 3 | On the first day of his reappearance he contented himself with walking about , avoiding people 's eyes , or shovelling at the still melting ramparts like a man with a crime to expiate . |
| 4 | On the first day of his visit Roh attended a state banquet at which Akihito issued an apology which was well received by the South Korean government . |
| 5 | On the first day of his visit he and Chancellor Kohl signed a 20-year Treaty on Good-neighbourliness , Partnership and Co-operation , which had been initialled in Moscow on Sept. 13 [ see p. 37718 ; for text see p. 37835 ] and which , Kohl said , " rules off the painful chapters of our past and clears the way for a new beginning " . |
| 6 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 7 | On the first part of his question , we are anxious to ensure that the republics of Ukraine , Byelorussia , Russia and — my goodness , I have forgotten the other one |
| 8 | During his stay in Tanzania on the first leg of his seventh visit to Africa , the Pope called for more international aid to Africa and urged the international community " to inaugurate a new era of solidarity with Africa , based on justice and respect " . |
| 9 | On the first page of his book Evolution and Modification of Behaviour ( 1965 ) he wrote ‘ no biologist in his right senses will forget that the blueprint contained in the genome requires innumerable environmental factors in order to be realized in the phenogeny ( development ) of structures and functions ’ . |
| 10 | Although Jacques retained his title of ‘ flutte du Roi ’ until his death ( it appears on the first page of his inventory , 1763 ) , this provides no clear indication of when he actually stopped performing , since musicians retained titles as property . |
| 11 | He bent forward and gently brushed the cold lips with his own , then sat back on his heels , shivering , toying with the ring that rested , heavy and unfamiliar , like a saddle on the first finger of his right hand . |
| 12 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 13 | ‘ On the first stage of his first rally in an Astra he was 19 seconds faster than anyone else . |