Example sentences of "own [noun] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mosley 's own experience of the First World War was less traumatic than either Chesterton 's or Williamson 's . |
| 2 | A foolish general might surround his Pump Wagon with friendly units only to see the machine crunch through his own lines in the first turn ! |
| 3 | His pedigree may be long , but nevertheless here he is on piano and electronic keyboards leading his own band for the first time on disc with the driving drums of Jeff ‘ Tain ’ Watts ( also of Branford Marsalis group fame ) , Branford himself on tenor sax , Roderick Ward ( alto sax ) , Charnett Moffett , Chris McBridge , Robert Hurst or Andy Gonzales ( all alternating on bass ) , Jerry Gonzales ( percussion ) and on one track Steve Berrios and on two Don Alias ( both on drums , percussion ) . |
| 4 | The Parachute Regiment will retain one band with the merger of the Falkland and Pegasus Bands and the Army Air Corps will have its own band for the first time . |
| 5 | In general there was concern to protect the security of their own providers in the first year , to try to sort out the information base for contracting and setting up appropriate systems . |
| 6 | As soon as ‘ Jock ’ McDougall sent a blistering back pass crashing against his own crossbar in the first minute , I knew there were only two teams in it . |
| 7 | They beat Middlesbrough three two er three one rather , three one on their own ground in the first round er of the first leg that is to say of the er four matches in this particular round of the competition . |
| 8 | The court was quite prepared to introduce its own qualifications to the First Amendment . |
| 9 | LITTLE Laura Davies played happily at home yesterday morning after waking in her own bed for the first time in more than five months . |
| 10 | The Second International split on nationalistic lines in August 1914 , with each socialist party backing its own government in the First World War . |
| 11 | These pressures are much greater among the young who are attempting to find their own accommodation for the first time . |
| 12 | Instead , they must now battle back from a 2-1 deficit after he punched the Glasgow club 's equaliser into his own net in the first leg of the all-British second round tie . |
| 13 | The knowledge that Puddephat had married one of his own students in the first place certainly threw a new light on his protestations of innocence at the inquest into the dead student . |
| 14 | So too does its preoccupation with the shadow of death , looming in their own generation for the first time . |
| 15 | His revelation touched a nerve among viewers , many of whom phoned in to say how his courage had helped them admit their own problem for the first time . |
| 16 | Until now guests at the new premises on Harewood Hill have had to find their own way to the first floor . |
| 17 | Apart from O'Leary 's injury , Arsenal had things largely their own way in the first half against a Norwich team who were still obviously suffering from the disappointment of Sunday 's Cup defeat . |