Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will suit as much as them to have the fight later because it will give John that little bit more time to prepare after having his jaw broken in his last fight . ’ |
| 2 | Local residents can be helpful , as Allen Watkins found on his first ley walk . |
| 3 | Felix 's wife started talking about poetry , which she wrote , while Felix shouted about his last visit to Castro . |
| 4 | For example , one of Freud 's patients , who invented the term ‘ omnipotence of thought ’ , which Freud uses in his third paper in Totem and Taboo , used to think that if he thought of someone he would then always meet them , or if asked how someone was , he would hear that they had died . |
| 5 | I can see fields and reservoirs and a motorway service station , and , given the proper magnification , I could probably make out Parish Clerk Weekley still on his roof waiting for his next photocall . |
| 6 | That left him deciding for a long time which club to use for his third shot . |
| 7 | The first programme consists of his first commissioned ballet , Danses Concertantes , the early whimsical Solitaire , and the powerful Las Hermanas made originally for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1963 , remounted for SWRB in 1976 and not seen at the Wells since 1984 . |
| 8 | Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day . |
| 9 | ‘ Nice to see you back , ’ said chairman , Alban Maginness to his former party colleague as Austin Currie went through his 18th or 19th conference , this time though , from the unfamiliar position of looking at the rostrum rather than being on it . ’ |
| 10 | The Scot drove in his second after 54 . |
| 11 | If he had drunk from it , the wounds received in his last dreadful battle against his nephew Mordred would have healed . |
| 12 | Even then , they can lose the post for the most bizarre reasons ; Downing Street myth has it that Richard Cobb failed on his first attempt to get the Oxford Chair of Modern History because he wore bicycle clips throughout his interview . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The old warrior would have been flattered had he seen the care with which Washington prepared for his first visit . |
| 15 | As the Solihull stalwart prepares for his 16th consecutive Davis Cup appearance , JOHN OAKLEY reports on Britain 's most loyal player . |
| 16 | When it could no longer be denied that there was a recession , the Chancellor retreated to his second line of defence . |
| 17 | However , he says that Mr. Owen , thereupon , ‘ gravely , but very tenderly rebuked my pride , and gave me for my theme : ‘ Ne sutor ultra crepidam ’ ’ ( ‘ Let the cobbler stick to his last ’ ) . |
| 18 | Surrey needed 421 to win in a minimum of 120 overs — but the Dutch paceman struck with his fourth ball . |
| 19 | Surrey needed 421 to win in a minimum of 120 overs — but the Dutch paceman struck with his fourth ball . |
| 20 | That 's how long it took the 18-year-old to score with his first touch on his Roker Park debut . |
| 21 | Skipper poses with his first ever rosette . |
| 22 | Though outwardly quiet and unassuming , he had a steely determination and a passion for mountains fired by his first visit to Corsica with Mr. Stanley 's School party in 1964 . |
| 23 | A NEW TV detective will use breaks between programmes to embark on his first case — to track down investors in the latest sale of BT shares to the public . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The instrument which Holly used on his last tour is on display in a music museum in Texas . |
| 26 | Graham looks at his third can of beer thoughtfully . |
| 27 | Charles Muller from Stroud came to his first conference in 1947 . |
| 28 | Newfield took over top spot in the premier division after beating Lobster 1-0 with substitute Dino Farrag scoring with his first touch after 76 minutes . |
| 29 | It was to be another seven years before Franklin returned to his first love as commander of the Erebus on his most famous — and fatal — mission to find the legendary north-west passage from the polar seas to the north Pacific ; until then he occupied himself with the social and moral improvement of the colony under his charge . |
| 30 | THE teenager charged in the murder of a German tourist sobbed at his first court appearance last night as police staked out several Miami sites searching for his girlfriend and suspected accomplice . |