Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprise has been expressed in some quarters that Mr Zilligen has been allowed to stay on the Ferranti board given his key role at ISC during the £215m deception . |
| 2 | A young student at Bangor University made his first TV appearance with us . |
| 3 | Sentiment was deliberately left out of the equation when David Sole played his last game of rugby . |
| 4 | Apparently David Sole uses his free arm to pull his opponent 's legs from under him , thereby causing the scrum to collapse and invariably gaining a penalty . |
| 5 | The exciting newcomer New Level , bought unraced in Ireland by Wittonle-Wear farmer Dave Johnston , will contest the Mistley Trojan Puppy Stakes at Walthamstow on Saturday night following his open debut success in the Heineken Puppy Cup at Sunderland earlier this month . |
| 6 | The 23-year-old Keyline Dukes captain retained his British title only last Sunday but seems unlikely to ride again until the next round of the world individual championship the Ancit Commonwealth final at Kings Lynn on Sunday May 31 . |
| 7 | The enormous warmth of the Stephenson personality permeates his own intensely personal songs , which really come alive off vinyl . |
| 8 | Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week . |
| 9 | Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week . |
| 10 | The Preston North End boss celebrated his 44th birthday on Sunday but his fate had been sealed 24 hours earlier with the 2-0 home defeat against Hartlepool . |
| 11 | Ferguson had a record £4 million bid for Sheffield Wednesday 's David Hirst rejected this week , but the England striker remains his prime target . |
| 12 | Watts withstood a tremendous charge from Taiwan 's Chen Tse-chung to win his first title by just one shot on 274 . |
| 13 | Support at Bristol is provided by Sun Tribe , Clive TV and Spirit Box while former Moose and Stereolab member Mick Convoy unveils his new band Treetop at the London Show . |
| 14 | And when the bridal party came out into the church porch and stood blinking and smiling in the winter daylight , Sir Felix Lark , his wild eyes excessively unstable , was instantly at Linnet 's elbow , topping the suave invitations of Mr Adolphus Moon to meet his artistic friends with offers to mount her for the Far Flatley hunt . |
| 15 | The England captain got his fourth in the 83rd minute and three minutes later Les Ferdinand made it 6-0 . |
| 16 | Watson 's absence gave the home side 's attack a threadbare look , at least on paper and Gooch and Stewart looked set to capitalise on its relative inexperience and some profligate catching after the England captain won his first toss of the series . |
| 17 | Gehan Mendis had fallen to Mark Ilott 's second ball of the day , with the left-armer also hoping to impress Gooch before the England captain joins his fellow selectors on Saturday night to pick the team for next week 's Second Test against Australia . |
| 18 | Atle Skaardal 's victory in the second Val Gardena downhill to follow his third place the previous day must have persuaded the most recalcitrant langrenn devotee that Arnold Lunn , arguing devotedly for downhill rules sixty years before , was not so wrong after all . |
| 19 | If the Pentos chairman gets his dearest wish and the net book agreement is abolished , he may just live to regret it . ’ |
| 20 | If the Pentos chairman gets his dearest wish and the net book agreement is abolished , he may just live to regret it . ’ |
| 21 | The Mirror titles made him a Fleet Street figure to match his other interests . |
| 22 | ROBERT ALNER continued his relentless progress towards taking The Daily Telegraph Men 's Championship at Portman on Saturday when he rode three winners and now leads Philip Scholfield — who was restricted to one success at the Dartmoor — by 22 to 13 . |
| 23 | Following the sale Jack Walker , now a consultant to the company , will retire permanently to his Channel Islands home to run his small aviation business . |
| 24 | Yes motor racing and Nigel Mansell of the Didcot-based Williams team claimed his second successive win in the world drivers ' championship in Mexico . |
| 25 | But today the Wiltshire coroner opened his own inquest into the crash . |
| 26 | The Houston Oilers suffered a a blow in their 17–13 win over Minnesota Vikings when quarterback Warren Moon broke his left arm . |
| 27 | CHESHIRE VC LOSES HIS FINAL BATTLE |
| 28 | TRAINER David Nicholson was left with an enviable dilemma when Baydon Star underlined his great potential at Newbury yesterday . |
| 29 | It will be time for something completely different on Saturday when Sid Kipper brings his simple country wisdom to the West Cliff . |
| 30 | In this year , Samuel Healing opened his new mill , the business destined to remain in the family for many years . |