Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] for [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nottinghamshire are looking for their first win in a one-day competition at Trent Bridge this season . |
| 2 | MOTOR RACING : DAMON HILL is aiming for his first Grand Prix win in the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend . |
| 3 | The Riverside Theatre in Coleraine is preparing for its first production of the new season . |
| 4 | Five minutes into the second half , the parry was from the boy was looking for his first goal , and it 's picking up the pieces for his second of the afternoon . |
| 5 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 6 | In July last year came the news that the WRVS was looking for its first chief executive . |
| 7 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
| 8 | But now California is poised for its first execution in 23 years . |
| 9 | Kempton usually rode the horse himself ( and had done so ) three weeks before the Liverpool race when Foinavon was last in the Cheltenham Gold Cup — at 500–1 — behind Woodland Venture ) , but his normal riding weight of ten stone ten pounds was way above Foinavon 's Grand National mark of ten stone , and so John Buckingham was engaged for his first ride in the great Liverpool race . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the Lyric is preparing for its first tour in five years . |
| 11 | Carson opens up on Gipsy Fiddler in the high speed five furlong dash and Gispy Fiddler 's trainer Jonjo O'Neill is looking for his first win of the season . |