Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] his " in BNC.
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1 | At Birkbeck , Joyce passed the intermediate examination for his BA and then read English language and literature for the second part of his degree . |
2 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
3 | For the second time in his life the icy fingers of death pierced his innermost self . |
4 | It was a foregone conclusion that Haslam would for the second time in his career find himself ‘ pitch-forked ’ into a retrenchment programme . |
5 | For the second time in his military career Leslie now encountered a piece of equipment to which an unattractive female name and personality was attributed . |
6 | My father said , for the second time in his life , that it could not all happen again . |
7 | SMOOTH TV frontman Frank Bough lost his cool yesterday after being named in kinky sex allegations splashed across a Sunday newspaper — for the second time in his career . |
8 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
9 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
10 | And so , for the second time in his life , Lawrence Beesley found himself leaving the Titanic just before it was due to go down . |
11 | Now in January 1979 , as he fled Teheran for the second time in his life , the Shah had intended to fly on to America after just a few day in Egypt . |
12 | PAUL ELLIOTT , Chelsea centre-back , has injured cruciate knee ligaments for the second time in his career . |
13 | Evans , captain for the ninth time on his 32nd appearance , enjoys recalling the moment he scored the Test series-clinching try for the 1989 British Lions Down Under . |
14 | Among those taking up the challenge was Haslemere architect Alan Coombes , who entered for the 15th time with his 1914 three-and-a-half horsepower three-speed , 4,500cc Douglas . |
15 | In a game against Aberdeen , he was sent off for the 13th time in his career for fouling John McMaster , and the Pittodrie player was taken to hospital with neck injuries . |
16 | Robert Mantack from Swindon arrived at Bristol Crown Court for the first day of his trial . |
17 | It is vital never to grant them absolute rights over nomenclature , or you will end up with a child called Aspirin Muesli Harris as poor Tom was for the first week of his life , until it was overruled as being pagan by the Irish Catholic nurse . |
18 | The weather was fine , and for the first week of his stay Giles went with Beverley on several short geological expeditions . |
19 | When Carson reached the stairs at the end of the hall he kept on going , feeling for the first riser with his heel and wincing when the step creaked under his weight . |
20 | Improving his balance was the priority for the first phase of his treatment , combined with establishing stability in his pelvis , re-educating selective movements in his leg , relieving his shoulder pain , and encouraging active movements in his right arm . |
21 | competition , for remember , at that stage he will be hitting you not only with his carefully laid plan for the first phase of his attack , but also , without any doubt whatsoever , he will have his reinforcements grouping for a second and third attack . |
22 | All four applicants in that case sought a declaration that the Secretary of State was not entitled to set a date for the first review of his case on the basis of the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
23 | Rubberneck , for the first time of his life ( he no longer wished to be a part , not when people fought as animals ) , felt close to God . |
24 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 heart-throb Luke Perry has spoken for the first time of his nightmare childhood with a drunken father who beat up his mother . |
25 | THE policeman whose hand was sewn back on after it was horrifically severed by a Samurai sword has spoken publicly for the first time of his ordeal . |
26 | The sense of failure that haloed his bowed head made Clare conscious for the first time of his identity as a person . |
27 | Running for the first time for his new trainer , Mighty Mogul easily brushed aside Kaytak over an extended two miles at Newbury last month . |
28 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
29 | Well , what is a man to do , deprived at a stroke of his habitual daily employment for forty years and living for the first time with his widowed younger sister who is always surveying him for signs of disorder , be they physical , emotional or sartorial , and nagging him about unpunctuality for meals . |
30 | Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday . |