Example sentences of "[pron] first [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I splashed out and got my first Alembic — cost me £890 in 1980 , serious cash . |
| 2 | Across the east coast bays of Auckland , the subject of my first New Zealand paintings , wide expanses of shimmering sea change colour beneath the sky , reflecting in turn crimson , purple , turquoise , emerald green and many shades of blue . |
| 3 | ‘ My first September at Bishopstow . ’ |
| 4 | It was after my first London show and the club staff said he wanted to meet me . |
| 5 | On my first Sunday , two days before the operation I was let out to family lunch . |
| 6 | And from this kernel notion I developed the plot of my first Inspector Ghote novel called — wait for it — The Perfect Murder . |
| 7 | In May , at the start of the outdoor season , I won my first Middlesex Senior title at 100 metres . |
| 8 | I was laughing about with er what 's , I 'm gon na write er a note to my chi er letter to my children for , you know , before very long no good thinking about it , well you would n't think about it after when it 's too late , but my kids have been a you know a great comfort the four from my first Joan , Joan has too , she 's been a dear but we had the same problems when she was getting older . |
| 9 | He would have been at the Crystal Palace too , willing me on to my first AAA Championship title , revelling in the rivalry , matching the best of the youngsters from Haringey . |
| 10 | I remember my first Wednesday in the office at Wakefield . |
| 11 | My first my first Sony . |
| 12 | Well I did n't know anything about any none of us knew anything about anybody in those days , cos it was so early on in the , and we were n't , I was influenced more by people like blues er black blues singers , American blues singers like Muddy and Lightning , all those old blues , , er they were the heroes for me that I grew up with playing skiffle and and then Lonnie became my first Lonnie became by first hero and I er modelled a lot of my early singing on Lonnie . |
| 13 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 14 | My first Rolex-Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge was in June 1984 when all the competitors and guests stayed at the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester , and the teams competing in the challenge clay pigeon shooting , shot at the North Wales Shooting School at Sealand , near Chester , run by the Jones brothers . |
| 15 | LOWLY Brightlingsea United came agonisingly close to recording their first Jewson League Premier Division win of the season against top of the table Wisbech . |
| 16 | Johnson was overlooked for the managerial job despite steering Cambridge to their first Coca-Cola Cup quarter-final . |
| 17 | Following their UK gigs , the band embark on their first US tour in December . |
| 18 | WASP , Blackie Lawless ' creaking rock monsters , play their first UK dates in three years at Wolverhampton Civic Hall |
| 19 | I remember their first UK showcase . |
| 20 | FUGAZI , the Washington DC hardcore four-piece , kick off their first UK tour in two years this week . |
| 21 | THE ADVENTURES make their first UK appearance since '88 with shows at . |
| 22 | LOS LOBOS , East LA Tex-Mex five-piece , accompany the May 18 release of their new album ‘ Kiko ’ through London Records with their first UK dates in two years . |
| 23 | THE SKATALITES , legendary Jamaican ska outfit , play their first UK gig in 12 years at London 's Finsbury Park George Robey on August 28 . |
| 24 | FOR THEIR first UK appearance in 20 years , Germanic rockers Faust chose London 's notorious Marquee club as the venue to strut their stuff , surely the nearest equivalent they could get to the bowels of Hell ! |
| 25 | It was their first London home after their marriage in Wales some time in 1874–5 . |
| 26 | THE PRINCESS of Wales took Prince William and Prince Harry to their first London movie premiere last night — but their awfully big adventure was eclipsed by the thrill for one other boy in the packed audience . |
| 27 | The duo have been busy recently preparing their first London exhibition ( work in progress shown above , middle picture ) , a display that goes on show this month at the City Racing Gallery . |
| 28 | STRANGELOVE follow the recording of their debut single with their first London headline show at |
| 29 | But they too were to go no further , with Chris Jacob and John Andrews reaching their first Braintree League semi-finals . |
| 30 | THE Private Greens League are one win away from their first IBA Under 25 inter-association championship . |