Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] first professional " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHRIS SMALL grabbed his first professional title and a Pounds 3,000 winner 's cheque with an incredible 9–1 win last night against world No 13 Alan McManus in the £25,000 Benson & Hedges Championship in Glasgow . |
| 2 | Theatre became his first professional ground-base : writing for , appearing in and directing productions for a wide number of companies , including the celebrated York Repertory Group . |
| 3 | He made his first professional purchase at the age of 16 , while still at art college , when he bought a plate for two shillings at Preston market . |
| 4 | Tonight we pay tribute in the Guinness Spot to the wealth of jazz talent emanating from Northern Ireland in a reunion between two old friends who performed their first professional engagement together . |
| 5 | Murray won his first professional welterweight title back in 1989 at the Ulster Hall , outpointing champion Richard Hill of America . |
| 6 | Murray won his first professional welterweight title back in 1989 at the Ulster Hall , outpointing champion Richard Hill of America . |
| 7 | Born in Washington on 10 October , 1900 , Miss Hayes had her first professional role at the age of six as Prince Charles in The Royal Family . |
| 8 | Meanwhile in 1772 the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew engaged its first professional plant collector , Francis Masson , and packed him off to South Africa from where he duly introduced a great number of exotic plants , at least two of which , Zantedeschia erathiopica and Amaryllis belladonna , are still grown in Trust gardens in warmer areas to this day . |
| 9 | Englishman Wayne Stephens gained his first professional victory in the Nigerian Open , the first event of the new season 's Challenge Tour . |