Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had drunk from it , the wounds received in his last dreadful battle against his nephew Mordred would have healed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | the claim is hard to substantiate , not so much because of Nietzsche 's professed lack of " literary ambition " ( a somewhat disingenuous profession in any case ) , but for want of any decisive evidence in , for instance , the copious private notes surviving from his first years at Basle . |
| 6 | Comments began during his first televised match . |
| 7 | He received nine metres start in his first hurdles race and finished second . |
| 8 | RAAB is showing a new series of canvases created in New York by Rainer Fetting ( to 25 November ) and depicting views of the city from his rooftop studio with further developments of the taxi themes explored in his last exhibition , and other dealers are mounting mixed exhibitions of works by their artists to coincide with Cork Street 's Open Weekend on 28–29 November , when galleries will remain open for business on both days . |
| 9 | There is little argument that , other than by the Augusta book , Tom Kite — the world 's all-time leading money winner , twice runner-up in the Masters , with only two cuts missed since his first appearance in 1976 , one of them last year — should have been in . |
| 10 | The king 's death had not , however , cancelled the grant of a tax on aliens granted in his last parliament and this fell due at Midsummer , although £400 was already assigned to the household and the remainder apparently earmarked for the coronation . |
| 11 | The king 's death had not , however , cancelled the grant of a tax on aliens granted in his last parliament and this fell due at Midsummer , although £400 was already assigned to the household and the remainder apparently earmarked for the coronation . |