Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope so , ’ he said , in response to the suggestion that , after going through eight clubs in his short career , he had finally arrived at his spiritual home . |
| 2 | In 1981 there were thirty-seven meetings of his Cabinet and during the first term the flow of routine domestic-policy business was routed through seven cabinet committees . |
| 3 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 4 | The 32-year-old Irishman , who has had eight operations on his knees , has told Atkinson that rumours that he is about to quit are ‘ absolute nonsense ’ . |
| 5 | Harry played in eight of the last nine Palace Football League matches of season 1921–22 and scored two goals for us in the last eight minutes on his debut to help Palace defeat Bury 4–1 at The Nest on 25 March , but all these appearances were in the inside or centre-forward positions . |
| 6 | Jason , born eight minutes before his brother , collected the junior pairs title with Kathryn Pritchard . |
| 7 | Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’ |
| 8 | Going into Cheltenham , Pipe was second in the trainers ' league this season , with 149 winners from his 550 runners , the high numbers of winners and runners testifying to the soundness of his methods and his horses . |
| 9 | I can never forget how he used to come over in the evening from Bembridge School to sit with me after my son died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-seven , only eight months after his marriage . |
| 10 | A man has been convicted of causing suffering to thirty eight pets in his tiny terraced house . |
| 11 | The vicar who keeps more than fifty animals in his garden has been given two weeks to get rid of them . |
| 12 | The Nottingham Forest manager feels his abrasive temperament and outspoken style have left Nigel with only eight caps to his name . |
| 13 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's contribution to the two hundred books on the library shelves was a short story of 500 words in his own handwriting . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think the criticism was merited , ’ argued Chalmers , still only 24 but with 32 caps to his credit . |
| 15 | Terry , a biscuit kiln fireman , shaved a remarkable 12 minutes off his best ever time to finish in three hours five minutes . |
| 16 | In 1954 the publishing firm Methuen approached him for a Christmas card , as did the National Marriage Guidance Council , the latter printing 6,700 copies of his design . |
| 17 | Taking Salisbury by storm : General Sir Peter De La Billière sold over 700 copies of his study of the Gulf War , Storm Command ( HarperCollins , £18 ) , at the Ottakars branch in the city just before Christmas . |
| 18 | As the tide sweeps on , the sight of President Ceausescu being applauded 67 times at his party congress — while Mrs Ceausescu sat in grim solitude — only highlights the increasingly anachronistic character of this European North Korea . |
| 19 | As the tide sweeps on , the sight of President Ceausescu being applauded 67 times at his party congress — while Mrs Ceausescu sat in grim solitude — only highlights the increasingly anachronistic character of this European North Korea . |
| 20 | After forty minutes at his ceiling of fifteen thousand feet , Killion felt drowsy and slow , like his aeroplane . |
| 21 | Dion Dublin , who has been linked with a number of top clubs , put Cambridge ahead after 53 minutes with his 17th goal of the season . |
| 22 | Capped 12 times by his country , the 24-year-old is a leading scorer for his club Rosenberg with 20 goals this season . |
| 23 | The guild found Mr Average had up to 30 ties in his wardrobe , but wore just four favourites . |
| 24 | Enter Mr Larson , the well-liked pastor of Seattle 's 3,600-member University Presbyterian Church , who has 22 books to his credit and is witty and literate behind a pulpit . |
| 25 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 26 | Thus if A can grow 1,000 units of a product on his land , and B can grow 800 units on his land , by combining their resources ( perhaps to buy some modern farming equipment and to organise their work more efficiently ) they might succeed in growing , say , 2,100 units of the product . |
| 27 | He spent the first 12 months of his Hobart House reign in obscurity , in spite of repeated leaked reports suggesting the number of British mines was set to tumble to around a dozen . |
| 28 | In the 12 months after his arrest Vernage said nothing to police about the murders . |
| 29 | In contrast , an individual spending less than 12 months in his last job has a higher chances of obtaining an offer ceteris paribus . |
| 30 | Matthew spends 2 weeks with his gran , a week with his Aunt . |