Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] their first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In one group of eight , half chose to go in for their first farrowing ; the second time they farrowed , all eight went in . |
2 | ‘ One can hardly appear wearing L-plates , but no-one stands up for their first performance of a great work saying : ‘ This is the definitive version . ’ |
3 | That was what his sharp intelligence had picked up from their first meeting . |
4 | There were a few stunners , true , but they always moved out after their first year whilst the ungainly ones became permanent fixtures . |
5 | Bob Smith and David Brand from HMS United got inshore on their first night 's recce to find a long and uncharted sandbank off the south coast port of Gela , where the Rangers would land that summer . |
6 | To accommodate a passenger , a second seat was installed in an open cockpit ( later glazed ) forward of the pilot ( as was done on NASM 's XP–59A ) and the VIPs or observers were strapped in for their first ride . |
7 | Warrington Town bid to bounce back after their first defeat in eight games in midweek when they take on Alfreton Town in the HFS First Division at Cantilever Park . |
8 | ‘ When you consider the inexperience of the side they put out in their first Test against France , their 20–15 victory was remarkable . |
9 | The pace the pattern was set seconds later , as Oxford roared back with their first attack . |
10 | CHAMPIONS and section one league leaders Waringstown are in danger of going down to their first defeat of the season . |
11 | ITALY , weakened by injuries and suspension , could face a torrid time in tonight 's World Cup qualifier against a Portuguese side fired up for their first home match in the series . |
12 | Stopped controversially in their first battle , Razor demanded a second go at Tyson . |
13 | The exhibition was called ‘ Take Five Plus ’ an original name developed three years ' ago when five designers clubbed together for their first exhibition . |
14 | But the stunning curves owe more to Nineties video techniques as top girl group Bananarama bounce back with their first single as a duo . |
15 | Water freely in dry weather during the first two seasons , and feed plants each year with a general fertiliser ( 2oz/sq yd ) , starting immediately after their first clipping . |
16 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
17 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
18 | BREDBURY , league leaders in the Meller Braggins Cheshire Cricket League , went down to their first defeat of the season at Cholmondley on Saturday . |
19 | Norwich City0 Sunderland1 THE John Byrne and Malcolm Crosby FA Cup roadshow has rolled all the way to Wembley after Sunderland overcame First Division opposition at Hillsborough yesterday to squeeze through to their first final in 19 years . |
20 | A glance at the careers of nine of the ten Muftis who held the office between 988/1580 and 1031/1622 and whose teaching careers fall in the latter half of the sixteenth century , after the building of the Suleymaniye medreses , will give an idea of the teaching background apparently considered essential to give one a chance of eventual appointment to what had by then become the highest learned office : all nine men taught at the Sahn and subsequently at one of the 60-akce medreses built prior to the building of the Suleymaniye medreses , for example , the Sehzade medrese ; two of the nine then went directly to their first mevleviyet ( early on in the period , in 1566 and 1573 ) , while six taught at one of the Suleymaniye medreses and one at the medrese of the mother of Murad III in Uskudar ( the Atik Valide medrese ) , newer than Suleyman 's medreses , before being appointed to their first mevleviyet . |
21 | This process occurs as a result of five stages , sometimes known as the ABCDE approach , which is illustrated with an example of a man whose girlfriend fails to turn up on their first date . |
22 | It was composed , in fact , of quotes from lecturers identified only by their first names , who recalled difficult situations they had quite innocently — got into . |
23 | D Company had spent the previous day digging a line of trenches to cover a series of vehicle checkpoints on all the main roads , and were just settling down for their first day 's occupation of the trenches . |
24 | The goal looked like the signal for Bucks to move smoothly towards their first championship since 1982 . |