Example sentences of "his team 's [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 2 | More than an hour of cut-and-thrust football followed , and both goalkeepers , especially Simon Taylor of Clitheroe and Lancashire , were kept busy before David Mason sealed his team 's first victory of the season . |
| 3 | After the game Swindon boss Glenn Hoddle said he was disappointed by his team 's first half performance . |
| 4 | Caen 's Dutch dead ball specialist , Willy Gorter , had promised to score from his team 's first free-kick on his first appearance of the season against Lyon recently . |
| 5 | As his team 's sole driver , Emerson suffered the usual fate of one-car teams : development was hampered , accidents or breakdowns prevented the team from making its mark and the management and financing of the team distracted Emmo from the task at hand , which was to win races . |
| 6 | I had to have an explanation for his team 's strange behaviour . |
| 7 | The eager Yugoslav striker , who also provided the late winner last December that gave Red Star a 3–2 win over Anderlecht , was the key to his team 's 2–0 defeat of the Greeks . |
| 8 | LEEDS manager Howard Wilkinson has renewed his optimism about winning the championship following his team 's 3–0 win over Chelsea , which planted them back at the top , a point ahead of Manchester United who have two games in hand . |
| 9 | Prince Rainier finances most of his team 's annual budget of £800,000 . |
| 10 | Derek Dooley , the young Sheffield Wednesday centre-forward who scored forty-six goals in his team 's Second Division championship victory in 1951–2 , was the kind of hero every northern boy dreamed of becoming . |
| 11 | Although Koch prides himself on his team 's technological programme , he admitted he had overlooked the change to daylight-saving time , which meant the races began an hour earlier , while the wind was still building . |
| 12 | The Springboks will rise again ’ — BOB DWYER ( Australia coach ) after his team 's overwhelming victory at Cape Town ( 26–3 ) . |
| 13 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
| 14 | Neil Jenkins , the Wales and Pontypridd outside-half , contributed 19 points as his team 's 35–15 win ended Cardiff HSOB 's hopes of becoming the first junior club to reach the semi-finals . |
| 15 | CHRISTIAN Raducanu , the 22-year-old Romanian lock , disappeared from the party after his team 's 32-0 defeat by Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday . |
| 16 | Lara , sweeping frequently , made a bright 50 , then Richardson — booed loud and long as he came in for his supposed anti Jamaican selections and his team 's poor World Cup performances — made 30 of a stand of 106 with Simmons . |
| 17 | Alex Ferguson , United 's manager , regards Robson 's presence in four of his team 's remaining six League matches as a realistic target and the captain is confident of playing in the first of them , at home to Southampton on Thursday . |
| 18 | Alliss , in foursomes partnership with Peter Dawson ( morning ) and Bernard Hunt ( afternoon ) , contributed two points in his team 's 8½ to 3½ triumph over Bruce Critchley 's Players . |
| 19 | In the 55th minute , following another penalty corner variation , Gavin Crooks put the issue beyond doubt with his team 's third goal . |
| 20 | Imagine the following : John Major ( the England manager ) is being interviewed on TV after his team 's 14–0 thrashing by Upper Volta under 14's . |
| 21 | His last Test ( as a captain ) was the first that his country played against those particular opponents , and he was the only right-hander among his team 's top six batsmen . |
| 22 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
| 23 | Renault design boss , Patrick le Quement , poses proudly by his team 's brightest creation , the Laguna ( left ) . |
| 24 | Koch , who puts much store by his team 's massive technology programme , admits that ‘ Dennis really handles these flukey San Diego conditions well ’ . |
| 25 | HURWORTH mascot Russel Walker runs to score his team 's sixth goal against HMS Hurworth in a friendly football game on Sunday . |
| 26 | The fact that he scored 20 of his team 's 48 league goals last season underlines that fact . |