Example sentences of "on his [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his second wave he took a steep drop and his nose dug in . |
| 2 | However , the type of cynicism greeting the arrival of Haines , who was officially introduced to the media yesterday on his second day in office , smacks very much of a ‘ Pavlov 's dogs ’ response which assumes every move the Club makes is anachronistic and autocratic and therefore automatically to be shot down in flames . |
| 3 | On his second voyage he sees the valley of the Diamonds ( CS 1 ; PFI 10 ) , and is carried through the air by a roc , a gigantic bird to whose feet he has tied himself while it is sleeping ( CS 15 ; PFI 10 ) . |
| 4 | Cook again took on wine on his second voyage , in Resolution , in 1772 . |
| 5 | ‘ Almost due north of Koraloona is Hodges Island , named after the painter who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage , then went on to paint India for Warren Hastings . |
| 6 | On his second voyage , in the winter ( May–June 1819 ) , he saw nothing of New South Shetland . |
| 7 | Thus Marco Polo confidently assures us that the Andaman Islands were inhabited by dog-headed cannibals , while the Amazon women , whom he reported as living on an island near Socotra , turn up again , in identical form , in Columbus ' report on his second voyage to the West Indies , only this time they are inhabitants of Martinique . |
| 8 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 9 | On his second voyage , Christopher Columbus discovered Dominica . |
| 10 | This was his twenty first mission on his second tour with bomber command . |
| 11 | The sentiments are expressed in a letter from a Sergeant Steven Drayton of the US Marine Corps , who is on his second tour of duty in Kuwait . |
| 12 | His first major field research was among the Nupe people of Northern Nigeria , and on his second field research period there , 1935-36 , he wrote up a work journal which has never been published . |
| 13 | O. S. Hintz , in his book The New Zealanders in England 1931 , wrote of James 's form on his second trip to England : ‘ I have seen both Oldfield and Duckworth in action and neither of them have appeared to be his superior . |
| 14 | But the Kennedys needed his special protection racket — to destroy phone company records when Marilyn Monroe committed suicide , for example , or to leak FBI reports that disproved stories suggesting John Kennedy , the good Catholic boy , was actually on his second marriage . |
| 15 | But you know honestly , the mother 's like Ken , who do their children absolutely no , no , they 're now the proud owner 's of three sons all of them , well John 's on his second marriage , Ken 's on his second marriage and will be on his second marriage |
| 16 | But you know honestly , the mother 's like Ken , who do their children absolutely no , no , they 're now the proud owner 's of three sons all of them , well John 's on his second marriage , Ken 's on his second marriage and will be on his second marriage |
| 17 | But you know honestly , the mother 's like Ken , who do their children absolutely no , no , they 're now the proud owner 's of three sons all of them , well John 's on his second marriage , Ken 's on his second marriage and will be on his second marriage |
| 18 | Cumming ( he changed his name in 1889 after marriage ) spent the early 1890s largely as a country gentleman on his second wife 's Morayshire estate . |
| 19 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 20 | Peter , now on his second pint of beer and his fourth cigarette , was picking his way with some difficulty through Les Fleurs du Mal . |
| 21 | An opening round of 76 had destroyed his hopes of improving on his second place behind Ian Woosnam the previous year . |
| 22 | Rich Life is engaged in the BJ Eastwood race as is Bassetja and I would think this is where the Weld horse will go following on his second place to Alibar 's Pet at Wexford last Friday night . |
| 23 | Nutty felt very pleased with life , swinging her legs in the clear water as Jazz slipped past on his second length . |
| 24 | The Rev. Charles A. Berry was one of the many Nonconformist ministers to visit America : in 1887 , on his second visit , he had preached at Beecher 's Plymouth Church , a visit organized before the American 's death . |
| 25 | ‘ On his second visit he told her that she was like the favourite aunt he had never had , or better still — Americans make such wonderful parents , will you not adopt me , please ? |
| 26 | On his second attempt , Cadfael made straight for Upton to enquire where their younger shepherd was to be found , and set out stoutly to tramp the further mile to a fold high and dry above the water-meadows . |
| 27 | Peter shrugged on his second sleeve and began to button himself up , collar neat , belt buckled . |
| 28 | Even as he did so , Angel One was already shifting his weight onto his left foot , in preparation for his counter-attack on his second assailant . |
| 29 | At nine o'clock on his second evening at Plumford , he was sitting on the terrace of the Ferry Inn . |
| 30 | If the result was not one for Graham Turner to celebrate on the third anniversary of his takeover at Wolves , the manner of their performance should certainly cheer him on his 42nd birthday today . |