Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , however , an attack of non-specific urethritis can be followed by months , if not years , of needless worry and anxiety , simply because , following the mind 's focusing on the genitalia , the patient has noticed certain characteristics of his sexual organs for the first time , and normality has become abnormality . |
| 2 | This gulf is shown most dramatically in the surprise ending , which obliges us to re-evaluate our reading of the novel by revealing that the anonymous , timid and sensitive lad who has been narrating the story of his early life in the first person is none other than Jaguar , the aggressive bully we have seen ruling the roost in the school . |
| 3 | Ware , widely regarded as Britain 's top TV stunt artist and arranger , ran an agency called Havoc , which advised Crawford on his dangerous routines throughout the first two series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em . |
| 4 | It was a marvellous victory even Parsons , who had stopped all his previous opponents in the first round , admitted : ‘ I 've never been hit like that in my life . ’ |
| 5 | JOHN CALE , avant-garde elder statesman and Velvet Underground founder member , whose live panto , guitar and vocals album ‘ Fragments Of A Rain Season ’ is out now on Hannibal Records , plays in his native Wales for the first time in almost a decade as part of his autumn tour , visiting . |
| 6 | But , speaking about his shattering experience for the first time , the England winger admits he feared the worst . |
| 7 | Checkpoint Cheltenham is still a demilitarised zone , but if Mr Yves d'Ans wants his white masks from the first floor galleries back he should move quickly before the Iron Curtain descends . |
| 8 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 9 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 10 | Bruce Grobbelaar is suspended tonight , along with Paul Stewart , after his late dismissal in the first leg . |
| 11 | In Picasso 's subsequent move towards a more abstract kind of painting , the work of Braque may once again have been a stimulus , and Picasso 's remark to Braque , quoted by Michel Georges-Michel , ‘ I have tried your methods and I feel one can do excellent things with them ’ was perhaps made in connection with the new kind of painting Braque had invented in his still lifes of the first half of 1910 . |
| 12 | Settling back in the office chair at Northwood Stadium in the Potteries town of Hanley , where he works as a recreation assistant , Brannen shrugs his powerful shoulder at the first reverential mention of the decathlon doyen . |
| 13 | The 56-year-old engineer-already renowned for railway bridges in Portugal and Hungary , the colossal Gabarit viaduct in the Auvergne region and his gigantic locks for the first disastrous attempt to build a Panama Canal — declared his creation open on March 31 , 1889 to an accompaniment of fireworks and a 25-gun salute . |
| 14 | The match has added significance in that Stephen Martin plays against his Irish team-mates for the first time in his illustrious career . |
| 15 | His extraordinary run of successes had been halted , the links of his apparent infallibility for the first time broken . |
| 16 | And , on the eve of their cup tie with QPR , the Sheffield Wednesday player-manager spoke about his damaged pride for the first time . |
| 17 | Maxim felt smug in his thick car-coat for the first time in America . |
| 18 | And when the Ewood Park boss returns to face the Kop with his new club for the first time , Rush says Dalglish will be trying hard to hide his regret . |
| 19 | He impressed last year on his rare appearances in the first team and is highly rated . |
| 20 | A splinter killed the commander of III Corps Field Artillery , brave old General Lotterer who had seldom been far from his forward guns during the first phase of the battle . |
| 21 | Deliberately , he refrained from remarking that she had called him by his Christian name for the first time . |
| 22 | Neither of you has admitted it , but Peter must have promised you something for going along with his mad scheme in the first place . |
| 23 | Walsh attributes his excellent form to the first real break he has had from year-round cricket : ‘ Being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguise . |