Example sentences of "be [verb] in his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These epistemological questions are examined in his first book . |
| 2 | He had been foiled in his first attempt to reach it by the arrival of Jos , and ever since it had been impossible to get away unnoticed . |
| 3 | These experiences are fictionalized in his first novel , The Crust on Its Uppers ( republished by Serpent 's Tail to coincide with the publication of The Hidden Files ) . |
| 4 | Reagan 's capacity to learn from past mistakes and to make the adjustments necessary to achieve at least part of his declared purpose can be seen in his second term and in the passage of welfare reform legislation . |
| 5 | Too much had been vested in his first family . |
| 6 | While Dustin was appearing in his first lead role on Broadway , he was filming at the Biograph Studios in darkest Bronx , thirty minutes by limo ( laid on nightly by Twentieth Century-Fox ) from the Great White Way . |
| 7 | Although the ball might have been slipping down the leg side , Taylor was adjudged lbw by umpire Tony Crafter , who was officiated in his 33rd Test , breaking Bob Crockett 's previous Australian record . |
| 8 | A short time before his death Harry Chapman had left his Hampshire rest home to stay at Herbert 's home in Oakwood , Leeds , and the care with which he was attended in his last days showed his elder brother 's family loyalty and devotion . |
| 9 | His heart was buried in his first wife 's grave in Stinsford churchyard , beneath the tombstone he had himself designed to accommodate both their names . |
| 10 | David Bowden of Complins , Holybourne , who was running for the Multiple Sclerosis Society , recorded a rather faster time of two hours 56 minutes — but he was running in his seventh marathon . |
| 11 | Derek Milne , who was running in his fourteenth marathon , was disappointed with his time of four hours 12 minutes . |
| 12 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 13 | Brian Richardson and Nisbet had a decisive edge in the line-out and Worrall , who was playing in his 20th Inter-Service match , provided a smooth link with his backs . |
| 14 | He held the world heavyweight title until 1899 , when he was beaten in his first defence of the title by James J. Jeffries in eleven rounds . |