Example sentences of "his [num ord] [noun sg] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another quick break by St Albans set up Ian Plummer for his second goal at the start of the second half before Woodmill started to fight back . |
| 2 | In his second year at the College Jack Smith had Minton for his tutor and was impressed by the way he took pains to find out a student 's intentions . |
| 3 | The doctors did n't think he would see the summer , let alone celebrate his 60th birthday at the end of August . |
| 4 | " The grand old man " of the BDDA , George Frederick Healey , was in his eightieth year at the time of the Birmingham Congress . |
| 5 | Fittipaldi was two months short of his 24th birthday at the time . |
| 6 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 7 | Making a flying visit home between the Breeders ' Cup in Florida last weekend and resuming his contract job in Hong Kong , he cemented his eighth championship at the expense of arch-rival Christy Roche . |
| 8 | He arrived in Edinburgh that evening and was ferried by the organizer to his first reading at the university . |
| 9 | A young , newly-arrived Guards officer asked for permission to spend his first weekend at the home of a retired service officer in Co . |
| 10 | Born in Nailhac in the Dordogne region of France , Floirat founded his first company at the age of 28 in the Paris area . |
| 11 | Steve Cram , Jarrow 's world mile record holder , has a valid qualifying time from last year and runs his first race at the distance this year in the Northern League at Leeds this Saturday . |
| 12 | He had joined the Institute in his first year at the Establishment because at that time the organisation seemed to have some sinew to it . |
| 13 | True , he raised English soccer stock abroad by coaching Barcelona to the Spanish League title in his first year at the club . |
| 14 | Carol Mitchell from the area training department helps out Mark Oyelowo on his first day at the checkout |
| 15 | There was a bonus for the Everton boss in that he seems to have discovered the creative midfield force he has been lacking , and it is a player he signed during his first spell at the club five-and-a-half years ago . |
| 16 | But manager Clough is anxious to remove some of the pressure from the midfielder , so outstanding during his first spell at the City Ground . |
| 17 | Fielding maintained that Lorne was all fucked out " , having gorged himself to the point of decrepitude during his first decade at the top , a common enough syndrome in the movie business . |
| 18 | Born in 1908 , Maitre Lelièpvre has been drawing horses for most of his life , and sold his first painting at the age of eight . |
| 19 | At Easter in 1900 John Tiller produced his first show at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool . |
| 20 | The most cheerful remarks seemed to have been made about the health of Michael Heseltine , who was making his first appearance at the cabinet since his heart attack . |
| 21 | Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease . |
| 22 | He was a protégé of Sir William Chambers , who saw to it that he worked in every artistic department , including that of interior decoration , before he designed his first house at the age of eighteen . |
| 23 | He took out his first patent at the age of twenty-four , after inventing a portable alarm to attach to watches and clocks . |
| 24 | This turkey found that , on his first morning at the turkey farm , he was fed at 9 a.m . |
| 25 | Robert , aged 16 , had his first lesson at the age of five and joined the John O'Gaunt club when he was 10 . |
| 26 | That , argued an early church preacher , John Chrysostom , is why Jesus performed his first miracle at the wedding in Cana of Galilee . |
| 27 | He formed his first band at the age of 14 with three friends from Moorclose High School : Dave Fielding , Kevin Rosbottom and Chris Seddon . |
| 28 | He played his first match at the age of 17 for Gloucester in 1920 and continued until after the Second World War . |
| 29 | Then in his fifth year at the school , when he ought to have been aiming for his school certificate which was the next and essential passport for that golden educated future , he left abruptly to work as a haberdasher 's assistant in the local Co-operative store . |
| 30 | Osvaldo , said Martinho , had only really bloomed in his last year at the seminary and — truly — in Africa . |