Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another prisoner wrote to me recently , and I am now seeking to get him transferred to a prison nearer his home in Liverpool . |
| 2 | Miss Miller was answering a plea for advice by Steve Reese , 28 , who moved to Bristol after his home in Newcastle upon Tyne was repossessed — and then saw his photographic business collapse as interest rates ‘ went daft ’ . |
| 3 | He 'd never run as a youngster ; cycling was his sport , then a bit of motorcycling after his service in the RAF . |
| 4 | After his ordination in 1953 , he spent three years as assistant priest at the Immaculate Conception Church , Glasgow . |
| 5 | He borrowed a new T-shirt from Jazz and tried to look a bit cleaner after his night in the graveyard potting shed , determined to keep out of trouble till after the competition . |
| 6 | The resignation came after his implication in a sex scandal . |
| 7 | He waited until the taxi had driven off before crossing the road to the Windorah , a small bar run by Dave Jenkins , an Australian who had named it after his birthplace in Queensland . |
| 8 | Here his fortune changed after his discovery in 1845 , after much experimentation , of a new and rapid method of making alum from coal shale ( colliery refuse ) and the ammoniacal liquor by-product of gasworks . |
| 9 | After his return in August 1908 from a packed five-day trip he set his civil servants at the Treasury to explore means of setting up a similar scheme for Britain . |
| 10 | Although this cruise was to be in the nature of a " rest cure " , almost immediately after his return in early March 1954 , he suffered an attack of tachycardia , marked by an acceleration of the pulse . |
| 11 | It was increasingly difficult to see what the party line was : the Chief Whip , Lord Edmund Talbot , had summoned Robert Sanders back from war service and after his return in May 1917 he was pressed into the party 's service . |
| 12 | After his schooling in Kilbarchan and Paisley Grammar , he graduated from Glasgow University in 1938 . |
| 13 | Serious incidents had occurred in recent years and one man was serving a prison sentence after his conviction in 1991 for manslaughter , the report said . |
| 14 | Keith Lodge , nine , suffered cuts and bruises to his leg after his ordeal in Darlington 's Eastbourne park . |
| 15 | Richard Nixon , for example , after his re-election in 1972 , said at his Inauguration , |
| 16 | After his re-election in 1972 Nixon asked for the resignations of all non career employees in the executive branch and took steps to ensure that all those appointed or reappointed were loyal to him and his policies . |
| 17 | He journeyed throughout Europe and after his marriage in 1913 he went to Egypt for a four month honeymoon . |
| 18 | He journeyed throughout Europe and after his marriage in 1913 he went to Egypt for a four month honeymoon . |
| 19 | In summary , Martin emerges as a master maker renowned for flutes and musettes , who , after his marriage in 1666 , established himself at the Enclos du palais ( working with his father from at least 1668 ) . |
| 20 | He was a shy , lonely man who married the nearest thing to hand , which happened to be Nancy , the entertaining redhead who looked after his fingernails in the barber 's shop at the Dorchester . |
| 21 | Hartlepool 's £60,000 striker Andy Saville went out to celebrate only hours after his debut in the 2–0 derby win over Darlington at the weekend . |
| 22 | He could look after His protégé in the water as well as on dry land . |
| 23 | Branson had decided that after his experiences in America with the Pistols , Lydon needed a holiday ; a keen reggae fan , he could also help on auditions . |
| 24 | A warrant for Zhivkov 's arrest had been issued on Jan. 18 , but he was believed to have been effectively under house arrest at one of his 30 former official residences since shortly after his resignation in November 1989 . |
| 25 | After his success in the Britten production , a teacher at Oakfield School wrote a play for BBC schools radio and , during the next few years , the teenager appeared as actor or singer in hundreds of such broadcasts . |
| 26 | Research scientist Dr Kumar had intended to quit Middlesbrough Council if reelected after his success in last November 's by-election but now he has decided to stay on . |
| 27 | He knew he would have to go in search of extra newspaper before the pains came again , but first he must rest and regain his strength after his exertions in the bathroom . |
| 28 | The veteran jockey 's normally-stony face crumbled as he read the letter wishing him a ‘ speedy recovery ’ after his fall in America 's Breeders ' Cup . |
| 29 | On occasion it interfered with the correspondence of French ministers or former ministers ( Choiseul after his fall in 1770 and Turgot during his period in office in 1774 – 76 ) , and even with that of members of the royal family . |
| 30 | In the following year , Napoleon was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the French forces after his victories in Italy and , in subsequent years , he won such remarkable victories that he was able to appoint himself as First Consul in November 1799 , and was made Emperor in 1804 . |