Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Surely it must be his duty to call in the next day or so on Paul Berowne 's wife and his family . |