Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Watkins made his first feature , Privilege ( 1967 ) , for an American company , after his astonishing depiction of what would happen if a nuclear bomb fell on Kent , The War Game ( 1965 ) , had been banned by the BBC . |
| 2 | Three years later , in 1638 , Laud arranged for him to become Rector of Uppingham , in Rutland , and a chaplain to King Charles I. It was at this time that Taylor made his first marriage , to the sister of one of his Cambridge pupils . ’ |
| 3 | George Duffield got his second fright of the day when odds-on User Friendly was in trouble two out in the Yorkshire Oaks . |
| 4 | In 1949 , during a stay at Belle Ile , Kelly produced his first Abstract works , taking as his starting point a window frame or patches of moss on a wall . |
| 5 | Tom Cannon rode his first winner in 1860 , and shortly afterwards came to the attention of the trainer , John Day of Danebury , whose daughter he later married . |
| 6 | Now red-faced Clough wins his eighth cap , saying sorry and backing Taylor . |
| 7 | Ambassador : Following his time with Wilson and Callaghan , Sir Patrick got his first embassy , Luxembourg , in 1977 . |
| 8 | BRIAN Little got his first taste of League football by watching Hartlepool in action at the Victoria Ground in the Seventies . |
| 9 | Mond made his first steps in the business that would one day help form ICI , by finding better ways to make ‘ soda ash , ’ sodium carbonate . |
| 10 | While their romance cooled-off , Charles still asked Sarah to attend his 30th birthday party at Buckingham Palace in November 1978 . |
| 11 | Steve Cauthen rode his 163rd winner of the season on My Lord at Leicester , where ten races attracted a crowd of less than 600 , and announced that he would not be riding again on the flat this season . |
| 12 | On 27 July Churchill made his last appearance in the House of Commons ( his first had been when my father was head boy at Thame ) , and after the summer the country accelerated into a general-election campaign . |
| 13 | Fired by a determination to change this order of things , Louis-Napoleon found his first outlet by participating in the risings of 1830–31 in Italy directed against Austrian rule , in themselves an echo of the July Revolution in France which had overthrown the restored Bourbon monarchy . |
| 14 | The tie looked over as a contest when Paatelainen got his 15th goal of the season eight minutes later . |
| 15 | It had seemed an impossible target until yesterday , when Lansink produced his third double clear round in the specified series . |
| 16 | Mr Singh asked his first question : ‘ Would it be next September ? ’ |
| 17 | Senna , 33 , in a Marlboro McLaren Ford , won by more than 52 seconds from 32-year-old Hill 's Canon Williams Renault to claim his sixth Monaco triumph . |
| 18 | The track that Mr Foyt made his second home has changed over the years , but perhaps no more so than in the past year . |
| 19 | Sgt. Deacon made his first sortie in V3978 , seeing five CR 42s , but being unable to engage these . |
| 20 | Finally , ex-Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin has his first solo release , ‘ Ju Ju Hounds ’ , out now on Geffen/MCA Records . |
| 21 | Edward approached his third attempt to pass Responsions in a confident and relaxed mood . |
| 22 | Thus , in October of 1154 , Barbarossa mounted his first expedition , with the aim of restoring papal authority where it had been challenged , and fully realising the imperial crown . |
| 23 | IN AUGUST 1962 , Sam Goldwyn packed the Beverly Hilton to celebrate his 80th birthday . |
| 24 | The youngster 's display was the only plus in a 2–1 defeat ; Ellison missed a penalty when the scores were level , and Mitch Cook was sent off for swearing at a linesman ironically Pickering scored his first goal for the club when Quakers were down to ten men . |
| 25 | The shock of falling behind sparked Wolves into life and they were level nine minutes later when the former Doncaster midfielder Mark Rankine scored his first goal for Wolves with a powerful header from Ashley 's centre . |
| 26 | Neil celebrated his 21st Birthday in March . |
| 27 | After containing the champions to 169 for eight , Alvin Greenidge scoring his second half century of the weekend , David Denny ( 68 not out ) and Paul Bushnell ( 71 not out ) steered the visitors home with an unbroken second wicket stand worth 126 . |
| 28 | The new Earl of Torrington faced his first challenge on 21 June , when a French squadron 75 strong , with 6 frigates and 20 fireships , was sighted off the Lizard , moving up channel as if to blockade the Thames . |
| 29 | Taylor has already pencilled in Gazza to play his first match for England in the World Cup qualifier against Norway next month . |
| 30 | French President François Mitterrand paid his first official visit to the new German states on Sept. 18-20 at the invitation of von Weizsäcker who accompanied him . |