Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw . |
2 | Jews and the ‘ Jewish Question , were mentioned as such neither in Hitler 's New Year exhortation to his Party at the beginning of 1932 , nor in his notorious speech to the Düsseldorfer Industrieklub in January , nor in his ‘ Appeal to the Nation ’ , sold as a record in July and typical of his election addresses in the first half of the year . |
3 | He also declared his willingness to participate in the second round of the presidential poll and said that UNITA would attend forthcoming multiparty talks convened by the MPLA-PT . |
4 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
5 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
6 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |
7 | His condition deteriorated over the next week until he required ventilation . |
8 | At 9.15 am , after his sand save on the 18th , he said : ‘ I 'm going for another kip . ’ |
9 | LEEDS United 's record buy David Rocastle last night refused to lose heart over his failure to break into the first team at Elland Road . |
10 | A flight of granite steps to his right led to the first floor of one of the buildings and an arrow carried the word , ‘ Office ’ . |
11 | He played in six series against England and only in the last , in 1963 , did he fail with the bat ; other big scores included 191 not out , again at Nottingham , carrying his bat to help save the third Test of 1957 , and 197 not out at Barbados in the first match of 1959–60 again to ensure a draw after a big England innings . |
12 | His confidence stems from the last two victories . |
13 | A man in a two-piece suit , and a thin cotton shirt and his tie knotted at the second button of the shirt . |
14 | His head moves for the first time to follow his eyes and maintain the essential link of communication signals . |
15 | And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time . |
16 | He is confident he will gain the 6pc swing needed to secure the seat and says a Labour victory will ‘ finish off ’ what his colleague started at the last election in 1987 . |
17 | Thus did his byline appear in the first issue . |
18 | His life depended on the next few minutes . |
19 | And his voice rose on the last two words . |
20 | His voice trembled for the first time . |
21 | So , as Harriet Ryley reports , he never knew of , and was never honoured for the vital role his plane played in the Second World War . |
22 | It was already poured , and just as his hand closed on the last glass with pale gold contents , he caught sight of Meryl near the window with Gladys . |
23 | Surely it must be his duty to call in the next day or so on Paul Berowne 's wife and his family . |
24 | Will his reputation survive into the twenty-first century ? |
25 | But what is particularly interesting in the context of what his house became in the Second World War — and indeed what it is today , a Post Office Engineering Training establishment — was his financial interest in the Anglo-American Telegraph Company . |