Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ropati pounced for his 13th try of the season nine minutes later and second rower Sonny Nickle scored in the 79th minute to ensure Saints share the League lead with Wigan . |
| 2 | Slaven pounced for his 14th goal of the season , his first since his knee operation , in front of Boro 's jubilant fans . |
| 3 | Scottish rider Niall Mackenzie retired after five laps when his Yamaha developed engine trouble , and mechanical problems also forced out Londoner Peter Graves , who qualified for his first grand prix , and Irishman Eddie Laycock . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Butch Reynolds qualified for his first major international competition since serving a two-year suspension for steroid use at the US world indoor trials in Boston . |
| 5 | At one moment of inaction he checks over what he has done and what still remains to be done , in an unspoken conversation when he imagines he is being examined for his second mate 's ticket , his present goal in life and the strong motivation of his apprenticeship . |
| 6 | On his final outing there was also a lot to like about his fourth to desert Secret and Geisway in the Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot . |
| 7 | He read through his first paragraph — after years of novel-writing he found it easier to put it all in the third person . |
| 8 | ‘ He goes for his first walk at 10am . |
| 9 | But it was a harsh result for Queens Park Rangers who , despite all their possession and smart passing , finished the game with 10 men when defender Alan McDonald was dismissed for his second bookable offence . |
| 10 | Lowe restored the three-goal balance before Calderwood was dismissed for his second bookable offence and Craig Maskell fired in Swindon 's 80th-minute consolation goal . |
| 11 | The influence of Pater — which lies beneath Edward 's undergraduate article on the ‘ Frontiers of English Prose ’ with its carefully argued refusal to draw distinctions between prose and poetry — developed during his first non-collegiate year at Oxford . |
| 12 | The experience which Anderson gained while working directly for the newly independent governments of Africa made him uniquely well placed for his second career , in the field of development co-operation . |
| 13 | His graphic story has just been published in the Darlington Postgraduate Journal , edited by doctors at Darlington Memorial Hospital where he was treated after his second stroke . |
| 14 | One of the first things Tolkien did after his return to Oxford in 1925 was to set up an Icelandic reading group such as he had enjoyed during his last job , as Professor of English at Leeds . |
| 15 | His conduct of the crisis could be seen as a great achievement , yet something so negative and distasteful was not what he would have wished for his last service . |
| 16 | There was an ‘ Oof ! ’ of expelled air as the man fell to his knees , his broad shoulders heaving as he strained for his next breath . |
| 17 | ITALY 'S La Scala opera house threatened yesterday to take ‘ extreme ’ action against rowdy Milan audiences after Luciano Pavarotti , left , was heckled during his first performance there in five years . |
| 18 | The oak refectory table with a drawer at each end is a copy of the dining room table Lutyens designed for his first married home . |
| 19 | Armed with the classic mandarin 's pedigree , he joined the Treasury in 1961 and over the next 27 years he bounced between his first department and Downing Street , with the pattern being broken only by a spell with the Bank of England and City institutions in 1969 . |
| 20 | He had seen beyond the excitement of being approached for his first book ; he already visualised it on the bookshelves ! |
| 21 | Felix 's wife started talking about poetry , which she wrote , while Felix shouted about his last visit to Castro . |
| 22 | Although the exhibition covers all periods of Nicholson 's career and includes such historic material as ‘ Crowned head : the Queen ’ ( 1932 , Abbot Hall Art Gallery ) , ‘ Coin and Musical Instruments ’ ( 1933 , Richard Zeisler collection ) , and ‘ April 1950 : Still-life Abelard and Eloise ’ ( Musee des Beaux-Arts , Ottawa ) , it is particularly strong in the larger , later works which the artist created during his second and longer residency in Switzerland ( 1958–71 ) . |
| 23 | Farloe Melody , bidding for his third appearance in the Derby final — he won it two years ago — has missed out in the trap draw for heat 15 . |
| 24 | Andrew Castle is the defending champion while British No. 1 Jeremy Bates will be bidding for his fourth title . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't wait for his first day — I 'll spend it in bed . ’ |
| 26 | Striker Bull looks for his 200th goal . |
| 27 | Eubank goes back into the gym on Wednesday to train for his next fight at London 's Olympia on February 20 , presumably against just another hand-picked mug . |
| 28 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 29 | He thought : He has acquired the mystique of the story-teller and , glancing at the ring of fire-lit and intent faces , he was suddenly reminded of his first village school , of the children clustered round Miss Douglas at three o'clock on a Friday afternoon for the half hour of story-time , and felt a pang of pain and regret for those lost days of innocence and love . |
| 30 | Jackman had Greenidge caught with his fifth ball in Test cricket , and shortly before lunch the fourth wicket went down for 65 . |