Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun sg] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just imagine him standing by the side of you , with his hands crossed before him in a Miss Mollyish style , his intended bow half a courtsey , his fat arms and legs assisting , as in duty bound ; his side glances at you every ten seconds , while he softly , sweetly and insinuatingly informs you — that he has made the arts his peculiar study for the last eight years , and that he flatters himself , by his unremitting study he has greatly contributed to their improvement ; that he came to Ambleside for that purpose ( 't is a great big lie — he came solely to get a living for himself and family , but he is too proud to acknowledge this ) and hopes that the time has been employed with equal advantage to the arts and to himself . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I knew there was a snag in it , ’ Hoomey hooked round in his crisp bag for the last crumbs . |
| 3 | Presenting his budget this week , the finance minister , Wang Bingqian , used his favourite word for the third year running to describe the state of the public purse : ‘ grim ’ . |
| 4 | But it is hoped that in doing so , it will also help him to continue his untiring work for the Third World and enrich the lives of those poor people , particularly in Africa . |
| 5 | At half past four the morose office messenger would slink in with his brief case for the last of the week 's mail , ducking the cheerful insults the girls would fling at him . |
| 6 | But , speaking about his shattering experience for the first time , the England winger admits he feared the worst . |
| 7 | His extraordinary run of successes had been halted , the links of his apparent infallibility for the first time broken . |
| 8 | His pedigree may be long , but nevertheless here he is on piano and electronic keyboards leading his own band for the first time on disc with the driving drums of Jeff ‘ Tain ’ Watts ( also of Branford Marsalis group fame ) , Branford himself on tenor sax , Roderick Ward ( alto sax ) , Charnett Moffett , Chris McBridge , Robert Hurst or Andy Gonzales ( all alternating on bass ) , Jerry Gonzales ( percussion ) and on one track Steve Berrios and on two Don Alias ( both on drums , percussion ) . |
| 9 | And , on the eve of their cup tie with QPR , the Sheffield Wednesday player-manager spoke about his damaged pride for the first time . |
| 10 | Maxim felt smug in his thick car-coat for the first time in America . |
| 11 | And when the Ewood Park boss returns to face the Kop with his new club for the first time , Rush says Dalglish will be trying hard to hide his regret . |
| 12 | Philippe produced his new car for the last two races of 1974 , in Canada and at Watkins Glen , where it qualified third . |
| 13 | The ‘ special service ’ included occasional intelligence work abroad , but his main work for the next decade was the construction and command of the Southampton boom defences . |
| 14 | Deliberately , he refrained from remarking that she had called him by his Christian name for the first time . |