Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a pro-feminist ‘ new man ’ , and therefore saw himself as required to do his fair share of the housework and of looking after his young daughter at home in Shepherd 's Bush . |
| 2 | Neil Foster of Essex would have made it a year ago after his spectacular haul of 106 wickets and remembering his superb bowling when he produced the performance of his life as the Test bowling hero of Madras under Gower 's leadership . |
| 3 | A fine attacking batsman , he had been in the England team for much of the time since making his debut in 1982 , but after his four centuries in the summer of 1984 he had disappointed too often and his average scarcely reflected his ability — in 57 Tests he had made just over 3,000 runs at 34 before the tour began . |
| 4 | He found the time to write about his travels when he was a prisoner-of-war years after his great journey through the Hindu Kush , the Pamirs , Kashgar , Yarkand and the Gobi Desert to reach Beijing in search of trade in 1275 . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to make all my defences in Britian , ’ said the 27-year-old Lewis , already regarded by many as the uncrowned champion after his two-round demolition of Razor Ruddock at Earl 's Court in the early hours of Sunday morning . |
| 6 | He thought , after his long night with Rab , swinging fortunes , to sleep the afternoon . |
| 7 | He resented principally the returns to London after his long holidays in France and cherished periods at his house in Worcestershire . |
| 8 | He smelled strongly of woodsmoke after his long hours in the lodge , nursing his father . |
| 9 | He had taken this attitude himself , but was finding it very uncomfortable to maintain , after his long years of quiet in the bush , untroubled by anything worse than wind or weather . |
| 10 | I asked him if after his second second to Pottz he did n't feel history was repeating itself . |
| 11 | What his countrymen did not deserve was being prevented from ousting him after his second term of office . |
| 12 | WITH THE Test series looming , the debate regarding Graeme Hick 's selection is in full swing after his disappointing start in Test cricket . |
| 13 | The Major later claimed that his takings on Watson 's tour exceeded that from H. J. Stanley 's after his famous meeting with Dr Livingstone . |
| 14 | Jeremy Batty , an 18-year-old off-spinner , has been given a two-year contract by Yorkshire after his first-class debut in the last game of the season against Lancashire at Scarborough when he had match figures of 8 for 193 . |
| 15 | Those comments came just after hed left Leeds , just after his 1st game for them I think . |
| 16 | After his unsuccessful campaign in 1988 to save Worthing 's charming Victorian lifeboat house and turn it into a lifeboat museum , Rob Blann wrote a book about the deed of 19th century local lifeboatmen , entitled ‘ A Town 's Pride ’ . |
| 17 | Tomorrow he takes in a further round of 125cc British championship at Donington Park and after his ninth spot in the Supercup at a wet Oulton last weekend he 'll be one of the leading contenders . |
| 18 | His body had now completely relaxed after his frantic efforts with Molly a few minutes before . |
| 19 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 20 | Julius Caesar 's prosecution of Dolabella , or the way Cicero avoided taking prosecution briefs after his youthful attack on Verres ) . |
| 21 | Liberal Democrat Mr Don Foster , a former leader of the Alliance group on Avon county council , needs only a 1.4 per cent swing to wipe out Mr Patten 's 1,412 majority after his 13 years as the constituency 's MP . |
| 22 | Again , I think I may have underestimated it hearing it on Yuri Bashmet 's disc straight after his amazing performance of the Viola Concerto . |
| 23 | The Princess had become patron of the hospital , where her father made his miraculous recovery after his cerebral haemorrhage in 1978 , and in May 1988 she had agreed to attend a gala performance of The Magic Flute at the London Coliseum . |
| 24 | After his frenzied performance on the rostrum for the Impressionist sale , Simon de Pury returned for the Sotheby 's sale of Contemporary Art on Thursday 3 December . |
| 25 | After his priestly ordination in 1965 he was given pastoral appointments in the Diocese of Westminster , including seven years with the Catholic Missionary Society which took him all over England and Wales conducting Parish Missions . |
| 26 | She might have agreed with my friend Roger Hinks — who , after his unmerited disgrace over the too energetic cleaning of the Elgin Marbles , left the British Museum to work for years for the British Council — that the compensation for having acquaintances is that we can make game of them with our friends . |
| 27 | ‘ After his insulting behaviour towards me ? ’ |
| 28 | After his strong showing in the February New Hampshire primary , Patrick Buchanan , President Bush 's very conservative challenger , made it clear that he will use the NEA and its avant-garde grants as an issue as the primaries wend their way across the nation in the coming months . |
| 29 | Now , as those ambitions have crumbled , Barbara must be remembering how it all started , the day when she and George swept into the White House after his eight years as Vice-President . |
| 30 | Gatting , now 35 , vehemently denied the allegation , but lost his captaincy over the incident , which came just months after his much-publicised row with a Pakistani umpire . |