Example sentences of "'s first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been Gerry Troy 's first recruit . |
| 2 | Director Terence Young was delighted to find that the two actors seemed intent on working seriously — except for Marvin 's first scene which followed a boozy lunch and featured an equally boozy Marvin . |
| 3 | THE world 's first museum to the humble sardine has opened at Grau-du-Roi on the coast of southern France — and is hoping to be tightly packed with thousands of visitors . |
| 4 | Whereas previously the exhibition sites for the participating countries were scattered throughout the city , this year the entire show will be housed in the Feshane , a nineteenth-century fez factory which the Italian architect Gae Aulenti is converting into Istanbul 's first museum of contemporary art the Nejat Eczacibasi Museum . |
| 5 | The Hong Kong restaurant will be Harry Ramsden 's first takeaway outside Britain , where it now has four sites in Glasgow , Blackpool , Guiseley and Heathrow Airport . |
| 6 | A good example is the Russian matrioshka doll — the fat mother with smaller clones within — that the heroine of poet Carol Rumens 's first play Almost Siberia twists apart in a central crisis scene . |
| 7 | Mrs Klein was Nicholas Wright 's first play for the National Theatre in 1988 . |
| 8 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 9 | Airport 's first alarm phase . |
| 10 | The family 's first stop at a garage for a minor repair led Jack into conversation with the proprietor . |
| 11 | It was that experience , allied to his next job as arts minister , that made him an obvious choice to become Major 's first Heritage Secretary . |
| 12 | Strange moss-covered devices were relics of the house 's first electricity system , run by water . |
| 13 | The municipal and new regional elections on 12 November will be the Front 's first test . |
| 14 | It was the day following Ari 's first test and Leila , Ari and Roirbak had met in the canteen . |
| 15 | He has been promoted from stand-by reserve for Friday 's first Test against Australia at Oxford after Belle Vue captain Joe Screen withdrew because of club commitments . |
| 16 | ALLAN BORDER has been fined £850 for showing dissent during the dramatic final overs of Australia 's first Test against the West Indies on Monday . |
| 17 | Kapil had a frustrating day yesterday as a light drizzle washed out the fourth day 's play in India 's first Test against South Africa in Durban . |
| 18 | Bearing in mind Ireland 's First test performance against New Zealand in May Danaher gives his team a fighting chance against the Wallabies if they can gain an even share of possession . |
| 19 | Kapil Dev 's first Test wicket back on Oct 21 , 1978 at Faisalabad was Pakistan 's Sadiq Mohammad ( caught by Gavaskar ) . |
| 20 | Particular examples that spring to mind include Phil Simmons 's dismissal at Lord 's last year ( Graeme Hick 's first Test wicket ) and Asif Mujtaba at Headingley recently . |
| 21 | The ICC also agreed to elevate Zimbabwe to full membership : the African nation 's first Test match is likely to be against India this winter . |
| 22 | The day was more statistically memorable for Robin Smith 's first Test hundred , coming an hour or two after brother Chris Smith 's hundred for Hampshire against Gloucestershire at Portsmouth . |
| 23 | Gloucestershire wicket keeper , Jack Russell lines up behind the stumps in tomorrow 's first test . |
| 24 | It is becoming increasingly essential that Carling recovers from his strained thigh muscle in time for Saturday 's first Test against the All Blacks . |
| 25 | From Terry Cooper in Christchurch NEW ZEALAND stand-off Grant Fox will send his All Blacks colleagues into Saturday 's first Test with the British Lions with a word of warning ’ beware the quality of their back-row players . ’ |
| 26 | When Gooch left the ground on Monday following Australia 's first Test victory , it looked as though an innings of 133 would be remembered only for its bizarre , ball-handling conclusion . |
| 27 | MARTIN BAYFIELD believes the British Lions backs can roar the tourists to victory over the All Blacks in tomorrow 's first Test in Christchurch . |
| 28 | Captain Graham Gooch insisted within minutes of Australia 's first Test victory that wholesale changes were not on the agenda . |
| 29 | Although Atherton failed to reach 30 in England 's first Test defeat at Old Trafford , he and Gooch improved their record as one of the best opening partnerships in English history with stands of 71 and 73 . |
| 30 | He played in last summer 's first Test against Pakistan — getting a first ball duck — and was dropped again before being recalled for the final two Tests . |