Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louis Dersingham was clearly annoyed to find himself having answered his sister in the first place . |
| 2 | He concentrates his energies on survival and focuses his hope on the second addition to his life since my departure : a son , now quite as tall as his father and doing well at school . |
| 3 | Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21 . |
| 4 | He had dictated his resignation to the first secretary he encountered . |
| 5 | Only his progress to the second round of Wimbledon last year proved more lucrative . |
| 6 | Peter Blake , the skipper of Steinlager 2 , has pinned his course to the 50th Parallel , doubtless in an effort to avoid the icebergs ; Dalton seems willing to take greater risks . |
| 7 | I could never understand why Crusoe left his paradise in the first place ; wild horses would not have dragged me from Juan Fernandez . |
| 8 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 9 | He pushed open the door and , as he put his foot on the first step , experienced a revelation comparable to that undergone by Newton in the orchard or Archimedes in his bath . |
| 10 | He put his foot on the first step and paused , listening . ’ |
| 11 | He took his text from the First Book of Samuel : |
| 12 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 13 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 14 | David Stirk 's apparent penchant for extra holes proved his undoing in the second round against the Waughs of Walton Heath . |
| 15 | His writing-room on the first floor contains an unprepossessing table and a sideboard , on which sit his word-processor and printer . |
| 16 | The TV presenter looked across at the sergeant , as though registering his presence for the first time . |
| 17 | We at the Bastille have been particularly blessed by his presence during the first concert of our season , in which his active participation and guidance were of invaluable help , especially for the recording of the Turangalîla-symphonie . |
| 18 | Piercingly aware of his presence in the next room , her hand shook as she spooned coffee into the filter cup and switched on the machine . |
| 19 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 20 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 21 | He scored 120 and 74 not out on his debut for the 2nd XI , against Kent at Chelmsford . |
| 22 | This was the third century in 10 Tests for the left-handed opener , who made his debut in the fourth Test against the West Indies in January and hit 839 runs in the Ashes series . |
| 23 | Parry made his debut in the fourth match of 1931–32 , when he helped the Palace secure a superb 3–0 victory at Brighton , and he became a regular member of our side that season . |
| 24 | With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place . |
| 25 | I should n't have been in his study in the first place . |
| 26 | Politburo ‘ conservatives ’ hardly had a coherent programme , and their numbers were subject to continual attrition ( Ligachev , who left the leadership after his defeat at the 28th Congress , was a notable casualty ) . |
| 27 | Then he shook his feet free of the stirrups and , lifting his horse for the last time , sent it rearing into the enemy mass to crash and sink amongst them . |
| 28 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 29 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 30 | For example , in his appraisal of the eighteenth century he uses ‘ scientific ’ and ‘ Newtonian ’ as predicates to create the impression of an hypostasised activity which stood separate from art and other aspects of Western culture , including philosophy . |