Example sentences of "his [num ord] [noun sg] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another quick break by St Albans set up Ian Plummer for his second goal at the start of the second half before Woodmill started to fight back . |
| 2 | In his second year at the College Jack Smith had Minton for his tutor and was impressed by the way he took pains to find out a student 's intentions . |
| 3 | The lanky Moody rode his luck to score his second century at the highest level . |
| 4 | He took careful aim with his second barrel at a smaller buffalo that had begun circling in dismay , and they heard the dull thud of his successful shot echo clearly across the plain . |
| 5 | At Zandvoort , Clermont-Ferrand and Silverstone , he won handily and though he had only third and fifth gears , Jackie virtually clinched the championship with his second place at the Nürburgring . |
| 6 | OLYMPIC finalist Mark Foster , who swims for Barnet Copthall , claimed his second medal at the European Sprint Championships in Finland yesterday , taking third in the 50m freestyle . |
| 7 | The doctors did n't think he would see the summer , let alone celebrate his 60th birthday at the end of August . |
| 8 | " The grand old man " of the BDDA , George Frederick Healey , was in his eightieth year at the time of the Birmingham Congress . |
| 9 | Fittipaldi was two months short of his 24th birthday at the time . |
| 10 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 11 | Making a flying visit home between the Breeders ' Cup in Florida last weekend and resuming his contract job in Hong Kong , he cemented his eighth championship at the expense of arch-rival Christy Roche . |
| 12 | But now Hughie , a man who built his first craft at the old Whitehall shipyard in 1950 , believes everything is ebbing away from Whitby . |
| 13 | He arrived in Edinburgh that evening and was ferried by the organizer to his first reading at the university . |
| 14 | His first opportunity at the Wells was to stage the dances in Humperdinck 's opera Hansel and Gretel mounted at Christmas 1946 . |
| 15 | A young , newly-arrived Guards officer asked for permission to spend his first weekend at the home of a retired service officer in Co . |
| 16 | Born in Nailhac in the Dordogne region of France , Floirat founded his first company at the age of 28 in the Paris area . |
| 17 | Steve Cram , Jarrow 's world mile record holder , has a valid qualifying time from last year and runs his first race at the distance this year in the Northern League at Leeds this Saturday . |
| 18 | Moore spent his first night at the only hotel in the town . |
| 19 | He paid and left for his first call at a dealer 's house in the Place du Bourg-de-Four . |
| 20 | He had joined the Institute in his first year at the Establishment because at that time the organisation seemed to have some sinew to it . |
| 21 | True , he raised English soccer stock abroad by coaching Barcelona to the Spanish League title in his first year at the club . |
| 22 | Carol Mitchell from the area training department helps out Mark Oyelowo on his first day at the checkout |
| 23 | There was a bonus for the Everton boss in that he seems to have discovered the creative midfield force he has been lacking , and it is a player he signed during his first spell at the club five-and-a-half years ago . |
| 24 | But manager Clough is anxious to remove some of the pressure from the midfielder , so outstanding during his first spell at the City Ground . |
| 25 | Fielding maintained that Lorne was all fucked out " , having gorged himself to the point of decrepitude during his first decade at the top , a common enough syndrome in the movie business . |
| 26 | Born in 1908 , Maitre Lelièpvre has been drawing horses for most of his life , and sold his first painting at the age of eight . |
| 27 | At Easter in 1900 John Tiller produced his first show at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool . |
| 28 | ’ Its success gave Hardy the confidence to revive the manuscript of A Pair of Blue Eyes , put aside after the failure of Desperate Remedies , and embark on his first attempt at a serial , the form in which many 19th century novels originally appeared . |
| 29 | Pedro Almodovar 's latest film marks his first attempt at a truly explorative internal narrative — as he explains : ‘ You do n't know it when you start to write a script , you think you 're telling a story . |
| 30 | The Newman-Haas team leader , who has negotiated to carry his favourite red No 5 on the car this season , was immediately on the pace during his first attempt at a banked oval track . |