Example sentences of "[noun] for his first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This puts him on course for his first pole in Adelaide since 1986 , his first win in Australia , a record 10th victory of the season and the 31st of his 12-year career . |
| 2 | LENNOX LEWIS yesterday signed new contracts for his first defence of the WBC heavyweight title against Tony Tucker in Las Vegas on 8 May , after the WBC sup- ported fight promoter Don King 's demand that the champion should receive 75 per cent — not 80 per cent . |
| 3 | With Tony Adams suspended , he drafted in David O'Leary for his first game of the season alongside Andy Linighan and Steve Bould in the centre of a five-man defence . |
| 4 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 5 | He went to a qualified medical practitioner for his first experience in 1963 and , according to himself , became one of the first people in the country to take the drug . |
| 6 | FELA KUTI , Nigeria 's political pop superstar , promotes his new album , ‘ Underground System ’ on Stern Records , when he arrives in Britain with a 45-piece band for his first shows since 1989 at |
| 7 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his first remark about visitors to Wales . |
| 8 | Hamilton was lax with a goal kick , Ferguson whipped the ball across the box and Johnson back-heeled the ball into the path of Bowman , who calmly swept home the ball for his first goal since November . |
| 9 | In Stephen 's company he attended a synod in London where a sermon preached by Gilbert Foliot [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , provided the inspiration for his first work of scholarship , the massive Pantheologus , completed in 1189 . |
| 10 | Walter Kent , the 72-year-old American composer of the wartime song White Cliffs of Dover , came to Britain for his first glimpse of the aforesaid cliffs . |
| 11 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 12 | Instead , he had a blue card telling him to be at the hospital for his first appointment with a National Health psychotherapist , a photograph of a fair-haired woman with green eyes , a driving licence , a library ticket , a yellowed old newspaper cutting about a forgotten murder , and a much fresher , more succinct bit of print torn from last Sunday 's newspaper . |
| 13 | Mr Dinkins , who arrived on the weekend for his first trip to Japan , is leading a delegation of New York business executives and city officials on a week-long visit to buttress business and cultural ties . |
| 14 | JAMES BOND soon be returning to the big screen for his first film since 1989 . |
| 15 | I hoped that Archie would recover in time for his first night on duty . |
| 16 | Sunderland brought on Owers as a substitute for his first taste of football since sustaining a pelvic injury three months ago . |
| 17 | Ross MacLaren 's nursing his aches and pains from Tuesday , back after injury for his first game since the end of last season and back again in the side this Saturday . |
| 18 | Paul Bodin could be back from injury for his first game of the season |
| 19 | Paul Bodin could be back from injury for his first game of the season |
| 20 | Gymcrak Premiere ( 2.30 ) looks set for his first win of the season at Ripon . |