Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [noun] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 The 18-year-old 's enthusiasm made the first and third chances for Hendrie after 51 and 66 minutes .
2 The second day 's trek mirrored the first in difficulty .
3 Part of a set of 20 in all , this month 's cards represent the first of four instalments , covering popular tropical fish .
4 This month 's Magazine contains the first of two articles by Bill Howieson which it is hoped will help all of us when we pray for our missionary brothers and sisters .
5 There was a bid by Banbury School to opt out of local control , and in a poll among the parents sixty two percent voted against the Governor 's proposals to become the first school in Oxfordshire to leave County Council control .
6 But the publisher 's favourite remains the first reply he received .
7 Tommy Dempsey went close to the visitors just four minutes before half time , but both teams welcomed the referee 's whistle to end the first half .
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