Example sentences of "number of [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should he ration the number of pages he read per day or should he just read the book straight through ? |
| 2 | Yesterday the Banking Ombudsman revealed that the number of complaints he received last year jumped by 60 per cent . |
| 3 | While he 's often only known for number of aces he blasts — 929 so far this year — last night his all-round game was on show and he served only six aces . |
| 4 | He was probably the sort of liberal , Dexter thought , who boasted of the number of blacks he knew but whose acquaintance was limited to inviting them round to show off at trendy drinks parties . |
| 5 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 6 | The only sign he ever gave that anything was amiss in his family was the number of times he got out his thumbnail-sized pipe for the comfort of the single puff it gave him . |
| 7 | I remember wickedly making a note at one assembly of the number of times he spoke and believe it or not the total was sixty seven . |
| 8 | ‘ Counting the number of times he says ‘ Caroline this ’ , or ‘ Caroline that ’ … ’ |
| 9 | Quiss had found himself there first , and after a little while , when he realised that there was no night and day , just the one flat , monotone light always there beyond the windows , he had started to keep a tally of the number of times he slept . |
| 10 | However , they felt it would be in his best interests to send him there , because of the number of times he has run away from council care . |
| 11 | However , they felt it would be in his best interests to send him there , because of the number of times he has run away from council care . |
| 12 | And then has a glass , I mean , the number of times he , I mean I think he 's the only one who drinks milk by the glassful ! |
| 13 | He has lost count of the number of operations he had , probably around a dozen , but thankfully his spine was virtually undamaged . |
| 14 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 15 | The hitter would then nominate the number of strides he needed to fetch the pig . |
| 16 | Yet in the middle years of the Thatcher government , I recall Sir Geoffrey Howe telling me how impressed he was by the number of letters he was receiving , especially from young people , about the crisis in the third world . |
| 17 | Only the number of putts he holes varies . |
| 18 | Only the number of putts he holes varies . |
| 19 | She was different from most of the considerable number of women he had known . |
| 20 | But when , as I fear , you have lost your innocence and added another to the number of fools he has ruined , I can not help showing my displeasure to you . |
| 21 | Sammy had his own log book and the number of sorties he did over Germany varied according to the time of night and the amount of beer consumed in that period . |
| 22 | More revealing perhaps is the number of horses he ran during those two winters . |
| 23 | If the model armed with a Man Catcher hits his opponent roll a D6 : if the score is more than the target 's toughness he is caught and killed automatically , regardless of the number of wounds he has or armour . |
| 24 | Wilkos recent statements about having to sell players before he can buy is just the number of players he has … not that we have nt got the money . |
| 25 | He could pluck examples of the universal spirit from any number of societies he had studied . |
| 26 | ‘ At his gate he was welcomed by his wife to whom he recounted his triumphs and the number of heathen he had slain . |
| 27 | For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training . |
| 28 | For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training . |
| 29 | This was supported by the correlation between the male 's condition at the start of the season and the number of days he spent incubating eggs . |
| 30 | ‘ What you need is a permanent display somewhere in London ; perhaps John 's photograph and the number of days he 's been held . |