Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the previous three years , Crawford had written hundreds of letters to producers and directors in his search for work , but it was his love of cycling — he sometimes rode from South London to Brighton and back in a day that landed him his first work in repertory theatre . |
| 2 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 3 | A right-wing corner by the left-footed Preece was met so powerfully by James that the young full-back could be proud of the header which brought him his first goal of the season … |
| 4 | He reminded himself to ask one of the guards when they brought him his next meal … |
| 5 | He 's become better known as a zoologist , but has n't forgotten it was Swindon that offered him his first exhibition . |
| 6 | When Grimsby offered him his first trial with a Football League club , he gave away a penalty after two minutes . |
| 7 | Grand Lodge Librarian and Curator John Hamill made it his first priority to assure me that ‘ freemasonry contains neither pagan nor occult practices ’ . |
| 8 | Clinton made it his first post-victory order of business to send messages of reassurance both to the world at large and to the financial and business communities . |
| 9 | He gave them his last instructions , and then he was taken from their sight . |
| 10 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 11 | Gently — and a little inexpertly — he gave her his first love in return , and that joining of soul to soul and body to body convinced her that in love it is indeed better to give than to receive . |
| 12 | The home team 's comeback was complete when Ford cross to the far post and Paul Read 's low header gave him his 17th goal of the season . |
| 13 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 14 | Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break . |
| 15 | But there was an interesting sequel , which gave him his first , insightful , small stab at directing . |
| 16 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 17 | Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight . |
| 18 | His old course and his new job gave him his first academic publication : a grammar of the Albanian language . |
| 19 | It also gave him his first taste of advertising as he worked as a junior on the flotation of Harrison Cowley , later to be taken over by Saatchi & Saatchi . |
| 20 | I gave him his first bath . |
| 21 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 22 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 23 | His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation . |
| 24 | His new wife Fatmawati gave him his first son , Guntur , whose name means ‘ thunder ’ . |
| 25 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 26 | Gungawatti , when frightened by a swarm of jungle bees , gave him his first ride on the back of a bolting elephant . |
| 27 | He is still the same tee-total football maniac he was when Hal Stewart gave him his first Scottish job as player-manager of Morton . |
| 28 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 29 | An ambulance gave him his last race to Paso Robles Hospital . |
| 30 | Michael Caine 's cockney Alfie ( foreign to American ears ) won him his first nomination in 1966 , but he had to play an American to win at last , twenty years later , in Hannah and Her Sisters . |