Example sentences of "[noun] his [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reg Akehurst 's horses are running very well and Solidasarock ( 1.30 ) , ridden by Scudamore , should give the Epsom trainer his eighth winner from 13 runners this season in the Curridge Handicap Chase . |
| 2 | As part of Illinois ' month-long celebration of French culture , science and trade , the Art Institute of Chicago is giving Patrick Tosani his first U.S. solo show ( until 19 July ) . |
| 3 | JASOORAH , the filly that gave South African-born jockey Michael Roberts his 200th winner of the season , is tipped to overturn hot favourite Daru in the William Hill November Handicap at Doncaster today . |
| 4 | Having made Kuwait his 19th province and sworn never to leave it , he needs ringing international declarations on Palestine , not just hints and mumbles , to blot out the shame of retreat . |
| 5 | Lancashire gave him one of his most memorable finds ( an Old Trafford cupboard crammed with old minute books ) and Surrey his next subject ( George Lohmann ) : ‘ He was a rebel , but also a tragic figure . |
| 6 | It was Morris who gave Swan his first Cheltenham winner in 1990 when Trapper John took the Stayers Hurdle , still the biggest day in Charlie 's life . |
| 7 | A misunderstanding between Richard Eyres and Derek Pyke gave Rocky Turner his first penalty chance , and a second , from a similarly kickable position , arrived when David Hulme was forced to obstruct Mark Roskell . |
| 8 | Morgan , Mr Preston , the bank 's new president , will need all his organisational skills if ( rightly ) he decides in September to make that bureaucracy his first target . |
| 9 | For it was Gould who showed Darwin his first evidence of the possible transmutation of species . |
| 10 | The job involved visiting mining camps , quarries and oilfields all over the world selling explosives and it gave Haslam his first taste of the excitement of travel , something that has remained with him all his life . |
| 11 | POPE John Paul this weekend starts a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers his first visit to the former Soviet Union . |
| 12 | In spite of William 's immediate miss that allowed Hudson his second escape , the West Indies still made up some ground when Kenneth Benjamin and Jimmy Adams acquired their first Test wickets just before tea through cut shots that were edged to Lara at first slip ; Peter Kirsten off Benjamin , a powerfully-built fast bowler with a method not unlike Colin Croft 's in the wide angle of delivery , and Hansie Cronje to the fourth ball from Adams , whose left-arm spin had been restricted to seven wicketless overs all season . |
| 13 | Kapil Dev appeals , and Australian opener Mark Taylor is lbw , giving the popular Indian his 400th Test wicket . |
| 14 | Taylor fell at 4.05 , in the first over after tea , giving Kapil Dev his 400th Test wicket ( full analysis on page 23 ) . |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic 's former Sunderland goalkeeper Bob Bolder makes his 250th appearance for the club in today 's game at Barnsley . |
| 16 | As well as the FA Cup final he refereed a EUFA final , three European Cup semi-finals and was linesman his last game in the 1971 European final at Wembley . |
| 17 | In 1816 in November his next mention ‘ … |
| 18 | Commanche Run 's neck victory over Baynoun in the 1984 St Leger gave Piggott his twenty-eighth Classic , breaking the record previously held by Frank Buckle with twenty-seven wins between 1792 and 1827 . |
| 19 | Mr Stobart , who has run Jodie 's for nine years his first venture into the catering business said he knew , after six unannounced visits by Egon Ronay testers , that the restaurant was going to be included in this year 's edition . |
| 20 | ‘ By all accounts he did very well indeed , ’ said a delighted Russ who gave Stephen his first taste of Bass NWC football last season and has seen much to justify his brave decision . |
| 21 | Perhaps they meant it , but he died of a fever his first winter here and it must have seemed to him that they 'd broken a promise . |
| 22 | Yesterday he left out of the second Test against the West Indies his second humiliation of the winter after being 12th man for the first Test . |
| 23 | Typically on hearing the news of his Lions selection his first thoughts were for others . |
| 24 | Elland Road 's under-soil heating has been switched on to beat the frost and give Batty his first game since suffering a hairline ankle fracture in October . |
| 25 | It was the end of the contest , but not the end of the game because almost at once a poor kick out of defence by Gloucester outside-half Matthews gave Webb and Guscott the chance to give Fallon his second sight of the corner flag . |
| 26 | The second most honoured player in Scotland 's history — the game at Ibrox will bring McLeish his 77th cap — was introduced by Roxburgh to the other squad members as captain of the side on Sunday . |
| 27 | His opportunity to bring the two threads together as a writer came in the early 1980s through the radical London magazine City Limits — which also gave WCM regular Rob Steen his first break as a cricket-writer . |
| 28 | These climbs are recalled in Coming Through , Andy 's first but , I suspect , by no means his last book . |
| 29 | And within three minutes Jamie Hoyland burst from midfield to claim his first goal of the season , bundling the ball past Schmeichel when the Danish keeper was left helplessly unprotected against an inswinging Hodges free kick . |
| 30 | An exciting finish , giving Dave Lewedon his first win . |