Example sentences of "made [pron] first " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll marry one when I 've made my first million , and we 'll run an enormous model farm . |
2 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
3 | I have just made my first skirt — a straight style in tuck stitch — and I found that my dressmaking skills came into their own when making up and finishing the skirt . |
4 | He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch . |
5 | He served on a number of local commissions , but seems to have failed to secure inclusion in the commission of the peace until the accession of Elizabeth I , when he was also made her first sheriff of Surrey and Sussex . |
6 | Steel purchase : British Steel has made its first major acquisition since privatisation , buying private group C Walker & Sons , of Blackburn , for £330m . |
7 | Gulfstream Aerospace has made its first sale of a Gulfstream IV business jet to the U.S. Air Force . |
8 | Animal lovers and greenies everywhere will be pleased to know that the Animal Defenders Shop catalogue has just made its first appearance . |
9 | Through its entrepreneurs middle-class society had made its first approaches to the masses . |
10 | Getting more confident by the day , Lexington , Kentucky-based Lexmark International Inc has now made its first acquisition , buying Gestetner Lasers Pty Ltd , which manufactures and distributes laser printers . |
11 | Mountain View , California-based X-Window System terminal specialist Network Computing Devices Inc has made its first acquisition and has filed to go public with an initial offer of 2.5m shares at between $12 and $14 a share . |
12 | The RAF has made its first parachute drops in Britain since fire destroyed sixty percent of the parachutes used by the Armed Forces . |
13 | It devalued the coinage of the pediment and , by inference , cheapened those masterworks of the past in which the pediment has made its first noble appearance . |
14 | It was in that ugly repository of polished pine , acoustic tiles and garish , sentimental stained glass that he and his wife had been married , and in a flat in the rectory , living above the parish priest , that they had made their first home . |
15 | Now that they had made their first move , their first real move , they would not give up until Jack Stone did what he was supposed to do : start talking . |
16 | They had made their first venture into the quicksand that Vietnam was to become . |
17 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
18 | Police in Gloucestershire have made their first seizure of the potentially lethal drug . |
19 | After he has made his first claim for Landor , Pound writes two paragraphs of the sort that have provoked near-apoplexy , because they have not been taken in the spirit that Pound intended : |
20 | MICHAEL Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , has made his first decision in the new office . |
21 | Before long , he had made his first links with staff in the bank 's Florida and Panama branches . |
22 | In February 1943 Wingate had made his first long-range penetration into North Burma , cut the railway in seventy places and crossed the Irrawaddy . |
23 | He had made his first apport as a teenager . |
24 | Asif Mujtaba had made his first Test half-century and seemed quite settled , while England will have felt apprehensive about Salim Malik after he was spared at 22 by Gooch at slip , low and to his left , off Lewis . |
25 | The new Education Secretary has made his first school visit since taking office . |
26 | The 28-year-old has made his first shift from children 's telly with the Friday evening showbiz slot ‘ Entertainment Express ’ where he works alongside Selina Scott — and he is loving it . |
27 | We 'd made our first four of the week there and that was that . |