Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Readers may be familiar with textbooks that set out to define their subject in the first chapter . |
| 2 | Graham Stamper and Mick Jones scored their goals in the first half , after Dean Ashton had given the home side an early lead . |
| 3 | There they were on the first , belated , league Saturday of the season , celebrating their arrival in the first division , unveiling new-look Sunbury as a showpiece of healthy ambition and running Bath so close that the perennial might of the champions was instantly called into question . |
| 4 | Voters left two dominant impressions as they queued in the hot sun — their determination to cast their ballots in the first free election since Germany began the European conquest of Namibia more than a century ago , and their orderly , disciplined behaviour in the searing heat . |
| 5 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 6 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
| 7 | JEFF CHALLANDS , MARTIN CHANDLER and PHILIP ROBINSON continue their series in the first of two articles on breeding Central American Cichlids . |
| 8 | Some others , however , like the earl of Sandwich , sent their sons in the first instance to the local grammar school . |
| 9 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 10 | Rijeka , who led 1–0 , may now lose their place in the First Division . |
| 11 | The clock was installed in 1920 with money raised by the parishioners with the intention of creating a long-lasting memorial to those who served and gave their lives in the First World War . |
| 12 | World At One and PM increased their ratings in the first week of the campaign and Today maintained its 1.3 million audience . |
| 13 | Just ask Falkirk , who have produced some great stuff this season yet look increasingly likely to be playing their football in the First Division next season . |
| 14 | At the time she was lodging with two ladies who had lost their brother in the First World War . |
| 15 | No , I do n't want a lecture on the birds and the bees , I was just wondering where software companies find them , and how they learn their art in the first place ? |