Example sentences of "it was his [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since it was his first day in the place , he was particularly anxious to make a good impression , and to demonstrate his eagerness to accept the spirit of the institution . |
| 2 | It was his first double-century in any form of cricket , and he told a congratulatory gathering of Pressmen later that he was playing only because of the magical treatment on his injured knee administered by 76-year-old Dr Mohammad Aslam . |
| 3 | It was his first refreshment in what had been a heavy and unrewarding day ; his leading lady had been difficult , and wanted to marry him ; the audience , confronted with an expensive cast , had been unresponsive . |
| 4 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 5 | It was his first accident in more than three thousand jumps . |
| 6 | It was his number-one weapon in more than one sense . |
| 7 | It was his great satisfaction in retirement to know that he was held in deep affection by many hundreds of students who were fortunate enough to come under his caring influence . ’ |
| 8 | Binyon 's volume does however bear out quite touchingly one point that Mrs Lowndes makes : that Hewlett 's ambition was to be known as a poet rather than novelist , though it was his historical romances in Wardour Street prose that brought him fame and money . |
| 9 | And one day he came across a huge seal and killed it , never knowing that it was his own father in his seal form . |
| 10 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 11 | It was his eighth goal in 10 games of a season in which he has been badly affected by injury and left out of Taylor 's plans because of a question mark over his match-fitness . |
| 12 | It was his seventeenth speech in two days . |