Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [pos pn] first [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Object Management Group is pleased to point out that the Novell Inc buy-in at Hyperdesk Corp will give it its first Common Object Request Broker Architecture ( CORBA ) -compliant adherent . |
| 2 | He rang off and I felt a warm glow of appreciation for Fred Workman who had just offered me my first full-time job in journalism . |
| 3 | We paid her my first big visit in Brooklyn , she had n't met me except on the phone . |
| 4 | Skipton and its members rounded out his trans-Pennine duchy interests , as well as giving him his first territorial stake in the West Riding . |
| 5 | Skipton and its members rounded out his trans-Pennine duchy interests , as well as giving him his first territorial stake in the West Riding . |
| 6 | He was taken under the paternal wing of MGM who launched him in 1942 in tiny roles in prestige films like Mrs Miniver and Random Harvest , finally allowing him his first major role in 1945 in Son of Lassie , and to blossom as a leading man opposite leading ladies such as Judy Garland ( Easter Parade ) , June Allyson ( Two Sisters from Boston ) , and Elizabeth Taylor ( Little Women ) . |
| 7 | Clinton made it his first post-victory order of business to send messages of reassurance both to the world at large and to the financial and business communities . |
| 8 | He gave me my first major engagement outside Sweden , Electra at Glyndebourne [ Idomeneo , 1951 ] . |
| 9 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 10 | He is still the same tee-total football maniac he was when Hal Stewart gave him his first Scottish job as player-manager of Morton . |
| 11 | His old course and his new job gave him his first academic publication : a grammar of the Albanian language . |
| 12 | Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break . |
| 13 | Determination , aggression and commitment have all been missing from their recent displays , but a lack of concentration denied them their first much-needed double of the season . |