Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] their first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia . |
| 2 | Premier John Major hinted they would have their first meeting ‘ in the next few days ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Nobody would take their first album . |
| 4 | Start Reading will make their first experience of reading English colourful and enjoyable . |
| 5 | TOTTENHAM keep faith with England youth international goalkeeper Ian Walker when they travel to Notts County tonight in search of the first of two wins which Peter Shreeves , their manager , believes will confirm their First Division status . |
| 6 | DEACON Blue will begin their first tour for over a year at the newly revamped Ingliston auditorium on the outskirts of Edinburgh . |
| 7 | ‘ Yet , at that age they are still nursed , still sleep in their mother 's arms , are still three years away from puberty , and about four years from when they will conceive their first offspring . ’ |
| 8 | The defeat of Redgrave and Pinsent is unlikely to prevent their selection for the Olympic coxless pairs and it could prove to have been a useful warning to the world champions to raise their performance for Cologne in two weeks ' time , when all the potential Olympic crews will have their first try-out . |
| 9 | WHEN HANDPUMPS are installed this year in villages in Malawi , Pakistan and the Philippines , thousands of people will have their first chance of leading a healthy life . |
| 10 | New Yorkers will have their first chance to see the work of Ian Davenport at Kasmin ( 5–30 May ) . |
| 11 | Householders will have their first indication of how much they will have to pay by late April . |
| 12 | And we can exclusively reveal that it 's turned out nice again for The Liverpool George Formby Society who will have their first ever meeting on Friday , November 13th . |
| 13 | Visitors will have their first opportunity to experience the new system when the castle opens on 3 April . |
| 14 | The Liberal Democrat MPs , complete with their new faces from Bath , Cheltenham , Devon North and North Cornwall , will hold their first post-election meeting in London on Monday . |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrat MPs , complete with their new faces from Bath , Cheltenham , Devon North and North Cornwall , will hold their first post-election meeting in London on Monday . |
| 16 | Martin Johnson and Vinny Cunningham will play their first matches of the tour after flying out last week as replacements . |
| 17 | Veterans ' debut FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough FC Over 35s team will play their first competitive match against Hull City in the veterans ' professional tournament at Norton Sports Ground , Norton , tomorrow ( 11am ) . |
| 18 | Viewers in the south will get their first chance to judge Carlton , which replaces Thames , when presenter Chris Tarrant goes live in Trafalgar Square at the witching hour tonight to introduce a 90-minute New Year party with Hollywood stars , the Chippendales , a hypnotist , a female impersonator and Paul McCartney — who will probably be watching it in bed since his part was recorded days ago . |
| 19 | The public will get their first chance to look around the twelve acre gardens . |
| 20 | Enthusiasts will get their first chance to watch the late evening floodlit feed of the Bewick swans and other wildfowl at weekends this December . |
| 21 | Local schools , who have been involved in a railway poster competition to design images reflecting 150 years of local rail travel , will receive their first class family rail travel prizes from InterCity and the WSR at the same time at Taunton . |
| 22 | This year just under 100 students will receive their first degrees at Stirling and Chief Careers Advisor Walter Abbott , who retires this summer , can look back and take pride in the fact that he and his small team in the careers office have had the opportunity to help prepare 16,000 students for ‘ life after Uni ’ during the 24 years that Walter has been here and seen the University grow . |
| 23 | This is the part of the house that visitors stand closest to and from which they will form their first impression . |
| 24 | We have to remember that many of the new actors will find their first work in the theatre . |
| 25 | Lying in rows on the floor , we breathed deeply without pause , the idea being that we can cleanse our bodies of negative thoughts and that some , by actually reliving the experience of their birth , can release their first hang-ups . |