Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [pos pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 2 | In one group of eight , half chose to go in for their first farrowing ; the second time they farrowed , all eight went in . |
| 3 | Mr Lamont said that the national lottery 's success would be kept under review , with the 12 per cent tax rate maintained only for its first year . |
| 4 | Striker Don Goodman is rated as doubtful with a recurring groin injury , and if he has to stand down again Hawke is likely to come in for his first game of the season probably as a partner for ex-England and Boro man Peter Davenport . |
| 5 | About five weeks before that I had come home in my first university term , and got undressed for my bath in front of the bathroom mirror . |
| 6 | A NORTH Belfast student has come home from her first attempt at the British Long Distance Swimming Championships with a medal . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | That was what his sharp intelligence had picked up from their first meeting . |
| 9 | Rachel looks back to her first batches of yogurt : Two gallons , then five gallons , then a churnful , sold to local shops . |
| 10 | There were a few stunners , true , but they always moved out after their first year whilst the ungainly ones became permanent fixtures . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The old , old fashion ! ( 2 ) The fashion that came in with our first garments , and will last unchanged until our race has run its course , and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll ( 3 ) . |
| 15 | Hamlin … all gone … so plenty for us to chew over in our first rugby review . |
| 16 | Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time . |
| 17 | A boy came home after his first rugby game with a broken nose , a torn ear and three loose teeth , but he could n't remember who they belonged to . |
| 18 | Looking back to her first encounter with Balbinder a year ago , when she had visited him at his previous school , she said that she had been shocked . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ When you consider the inexperience of the side they put out in their first Test against France , their 20–15 victory was remarkable . |
| 21 | The pace the pattern was set seconds later , as Oxford roared back with their first attack . |
| 22 | CENSORS have sliced 30 F-words from the movie Die Hard for its first screening on British television . |
| 23 | A YOUNG wife happily looking forward to her first baby was hung by her cheating husband just two weeks before the child was due , a court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | Tomba is clearly looking forward to his first race in Italy since winning a gold and a silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Albertville last year , to add to two golds he took in 1988 . |
| 25 | Now Doherty , winner of the Regal Welsh Open and the Pontin 's Open , is looking forward to his first match as Irish champion and that could n't be a tougher one . |
| 26 | ‘ True , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ and I 'm looking forward to my first experience of Formula One . ’ |
| 27 | For another two and a half years I survived the mosquitoes and grew to love the people and was just looking forward to my first home leave when a letter from the Superior General appointed me to Vocations Director in the South of England ! |
| 28 | ‘ Ah 'm sure lookin' forward to my first pisco sour . ’ |
| 29 | He had already admired Animal Farm which , as he tells in his diary ( 31 August 1945 ) , he read promptly on its first appearance to spite his cousin Claud Cockburn , who as a loyal Communist Party man had warned him against reading Trotskyite literature . |
| 30 | If Louisa had not dreamed badly on her first night at the Lodge it was because she hardly slept at all . |