Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Castle , 60 , said the Queen had asked him about his health after his year-long battle with lung cancer . |
| 32 | Piggott fractured a collarbone , two ribs and suffered bruising around his right eye after his high-speed fall in a million dollar Breeders Cup race just three days ago . |
| 33 | IT comes as no surprise that Lester Piggott is likely to return to racing even after his terrible accident on Saturday . |
| 34 | Phil rather faded out after his terrible fiasco with the première of Man . |
| 35 | Unfortunately , in 7 BC this neat arrangement was interfered with in order to honour Augustus by renaming the month Sextilis after him ( he believed that it was his lucky month ) and assigning to it the same number of days as the preceding month that had been renamed after his murdered great-uncle by Mark Antony . |
| 36 | At court , Rasputin 's influence grew after his beneficial intervention in the treatment of their haemophiliac son . |
| 37 | Had Councillor Simpson had enough after his hectic year of office when the city celebrated the granting of its first charter 1,100 years ago ? |
| 38 | Sadly Mr McLean , who had always promised he would retire with a final Conservative win after his successful opening in 1951 , was to be proved wrong . |
| 39 | And after his successful return to management at Ipswich , he guided them into the Premier League before moving ‘ upstairs ’ at Portman Road this summer . |
| 40 | Not only has he received a cheque for £82.02 after his successful action against BR in the small claims court . |
| 41 | The bride , who fell in love with the former lecturer , as she helped nurse him back to health after his four-year ordeal as a captive , was radiant in a full-length , ivory raw silk dress , with a slit up the side . |
| 42 | On September 25 , the Flight had the pleasure of entertaining former Battle of Britain pilot and Lebanese hostage Jackie Mann with a display by Spitfire V AB910 over Lyneham just after his interrupted flight from Syria in a one-legged VC-10 . |
| 43 | The tone of that extraordinary attack , written almost thirty years after his close friendship with Modigliani , suggests the disappointment of a lover spurned , rather than |
| 44 | By contrast to the moods of Faldo and Ballesteros , Ian Woosnam , who was defending the title in New Orleans just as he will at Augusta , was close to despair after his final round of 74 . |
| 45 | CHATAM remains firmly on course for the Gold Cup after his narrow defeat by Jodami in Ireland on Sunday . |
| 46 | After his record-breaking exploits with Wigan , Iro did n't strike gold in his two years at Manly . |
| 47 | Angel One had firm control of himself again , after his uncharacteristic loss of self-control . |
| 48 | A BRUISED but defiant Lester Piggott flew back to Britain yesterday after his horrific fall at a US race meeting a fortnight ago . |
| 49 | Piggott is comforted by leading American jockey Eddie Delahoussaye as he is stretchered into an ambulance after his horrific fall from ill-fated Mr Brooks in the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 50 | LESTER Piggott has declared himself fit to ride — less than a month after his horrific fall in the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 51 | That was after his horrific accident at the Nurburgring on 1 August , when has was well clear in the World Championship and on his way to his second successive title . |
| 52 | Six months after his early takeover of the presidency from Raul Alfonsín on July 8 , 1989 [ see p. 36810 ] , Carlos Menem 's popularity was in sharp decline . |
| 53 | After his early rebuff at the tennis court Nicky had , if anything , treated Constance with almost too much respect . |
| 54 | He did n't like the sound of that much , so he changed his mind and said he might not have time , anyway , after his other reading in a church hall . |
| 55 | After his two trips into Benghazi , he had submitted proposals for a further expedition to destroy once and for all the harbour facilities . |
| 56 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 57 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 58 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 59 | A FARMER was arrested yesterday after his illegal collection of 60 World War II shells and grenades exploded . |
| 60 | Soon after his first brush with ravens he had seen buzzards like Woil in the distance . |