Example sentences of "his [noun sg] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 2 | He dragged himself from the clump of twitch-grass that had been his hiding-place for the last half hour , and shivering violently , set off on foot to the east . |
| 3 | There 's me been putting sugar in his Ovaltine for the last fifty years . |
| 4 | well you know , John Smith laid out his budget for the next , study for the , to cover the next two years and there , I mean there 's no intention to , to change it in the foreseeable future , I mean they 've laid it out for two years so that the basic rate stays the same , that the personal allowances are being increased so that this will take a lot of lower paid people out of tax and that coupled with the child benefit will make everybody up to about twenty two thousand a year better off , and then from there they 'll be a , a , a range of people who to it wo n't make much difference |
| 5 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 6 | The TV presenter looked across at the sergeant , as though registering his presence for the first time . |
| 7 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 8 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 9 | He scored 120 and 74 not out on his debut for the 2nd XI , against Kent at Chelmsford . |
| 10 | Jake looked at his watch for the hundredth , maybe the five hundredth time . |
| 11 | Then he shook his feet free of the stirrups and , lifting his horse for the last time , sent it rearing into the enemy mass to crash and sink amongst them . |
| 12 | The New Hampshire result ensured that the challenge of Buchanan would be maintained at least into March , and increased the growing belief that Bush — despite having recorded popular approval ratings of up to 90 per cent in the immediate aftermath of the Gulf war — was vulnerable to defeat in his bid for a second presidential term . |
| 13 | He suggested a mixture of alterations and re-routing , only leaving the 3rd as it was , although his recommendation for the 2nd was limited to slightly modifying the ridge on the third level . |
| 14 | Sean Dodds , for Kelly , said he was out with his girlfriend for the first time since the birth of their baby . |
| 15 | Essex Middleton cup manager Norman Groves has selected his side for the second trial match against Berkshire Under-35s to be played at the Esso BC , Abingdon , on Sunday morning . |
| 16 | Richmond said McHale was already planning his side for the next campaign . |
| 17 | Barry fits a visor on his colt for the first time in the Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup in a bid to cover all the angles . |
| 18 | JULIO ANGUITA , the leader of the Spanish Communist Party , is looking for the thief in Madrid who smashed his windscreen and broke into his car for the third time . |
| 19 | Now a doubt was creeping into his mind for the first time . |
| 20 | Despite the persistent rumours of drug use Barry commanded a considerable degree of popularity , particularly amongst the city 's 70 per cent black population , and on Jan. 21 , 1990 , he had planned to announce his candidacy for a fourth consecutive term as mayor . |
| 21 | For more than half an hour Adam took Billie through his plan for the next stage of their self-initiated assignment . |
| 22 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 23 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 24 | Just before he was due to pack his case , tidy the papers on his desk for the last time , and go home , Spittals was surprised to receive a call from the commander of the Squad , who asked the chief superintendent to call in before he went home . |
| 25 | Today he spoke of his ordeal for the first time.Shortly before midnight on Sunday he 'd checked and locked up the pub as normal . |
| 26 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
| 27 | Derbyshire opener Barnett carried his bat for the second time in his career with 108 in 227 minutes against Glamorgan at Derby — over half the final total in a 191-defeat . |
| 28 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 29 | She had worked for Mair as his PA for the last three years and he knew her now no better than on that morning when she had sat in this same office being interviewed for the job . |
| 30 | Another Briton , Martin Brundle , driving a Ligier , finished fifth , collecting points for his team for the third time in four races , and Austrian Karl Wendlinger finished sixth in a Sauber . |