Example sentences of "[prep] his [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the December of 1844 , shortly after his thirtieth birthday and five years after the death of his brother Robert , Benjamin Titford had his portrait painted in water-colours by G. J. Adkin . |
| 2 | This was mainly the result of the action taken by Roosevelt shortly after his second inauguration : his attempt to reform the Supreme Court . |
| 3 | After his second King George , in 1959 , he had developed tendon trouble and was given nearly a year 's rest by trainer Fulke Walwyn , but if anything he was improving with age , and he had gone through the 1961–2 season unbeaten . |
| 4 | I asked him if after his second second to Pottz he did n't feel history was repeating itself . |
| 5 | It was only after his second marriage , when he was able to share his life with another human being , that he began to take any real satisfaction in his life 's work . |
| 6 | After his second day as substitute games and sports master , Bodie drove wearily to CI5 , and checked in at Forensic , then at Traffic . |
| 7 | It was a disappointed Graham who sat in the clubhouse after his second defeat . |
| 8 | Tom was clean and dry during the day shortly after his second birthday , but at over 3½ years old he still needs a nappy at night . |
| 9 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 10 | What his countrymen did not deserve was being prevented from ousting him after his second term of office . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Following a wretched tour upset by injury , Lawrence finally achieved his dream of playing an overseas Test for his country a week after his 28th birthday . |
| 13 | Those comments came just after hed left Leeds , just after his 1st game for them I think . |
| 14 | Tomorrow he takes in a further round of 125cc British championship at Donington Park and after his ninth spot in the Supercup at a wet Oulton last weekend he 'll be one of the leading contenders . |
| 15 | In February 1944 , after his twentieth victory , nineteen of them at night , Braham was taken off intruder and escort work and put in charge of night operations at No. 2 Light Bomber Group headquarters . |
| 16 | Four months later , 24 hours after his fifth outpatient endoscopy session , he complained of retrosternal pain . |
| 17 | He had held the title for a year now , since just after his twenty-second birthday . |
| 18 | After his 74th minute strike , he admitted : ‘ My mum is my No 1 coach . |
| 19 | He retired only after his sixty-fifth birthday , and it proved quite simple to reduce the engine to efficient silence . |
| 20 | Soon after his first brush with ravens he had seen buzzards like Woil in the distance . |
| 21 | After his first spell with Lothian , Dr Hazel left to become a lecturer at Napier College of Commerce and Technology . |
| 22 | The GP visited again 10 days after his first call and asked that I continue to review the wound regularly and alter the dressings as necessary . |
| 23 | ‘ Swapped after his first MB . |
| 24 | Wilkinson was accused of being a ‘ cheat ’ by Bristol goalkeeper Brian Parkin after his first goal in an exciting second-half comeback . |
| 25 | For several years after his first release Bunyan hesitated whether to publish Pilgrim 's Progress . |
| 26 | One winter 's night about midnight , after his first perambulations , Durham went to the porter 's cellar at the station to have supper . |
| 27 | Nearly two decades after his first solo album , and four years since his last , Cale has signed to the Opal company ( run by his old friend Brian Eno ) who have just released Words for the Dying , the bulk of which is Cale 's first extended classical work , The Falklands Suite . |
| 28 | Dick Hansen poses alongside his Kittyhawk immediately after his first solo in her . |
| 29 | Standing on the factory roof , after his first day 's work , Tom was already on duty as a fire watcher . |
| 30 | A boy came home after his first rugby game with a broken nose , a torn ear and three loose teeth , but he could n't remember who they belonged to . |