Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason I suppose when I first heard about the money my first reaction was to say ‘ No . |
| 2 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 3 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 4 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 5 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 6 | According to InfoCorp figures believed to be close to the mark , it installed 10,000 units its first year in the business , giving it the number one slot in that market . |
| 7 | When an experimenter sets up a new group of hens they first fight among themselves . |
| 8 | For someone over seventy her descent of that great staircase was as good as a frolic ; her satchel swung wildly round merrily bumping her large bottom , her sensible suede shoes skippetty-hopped like the finest quality glass slippers , while her honest tweed skirt flirted up her legs in order to give her long beige knickers their first sight of the sunshine in quarter of a century . |
| 9 | In the fourth division , Hereford United play their first home league match of the New Year . |
| 10 | A FREE KICK goal two minutes from the end by Jimmy Phillips gave Middlesbrough their first victory , 2–1 over Tranmere , in five League games and improved their Second Division play-off hopes at Prenton Park . |
| 11 | Mm , but I mean when I showed that bloke them first time , when I showed him them cuff links |
| 12 | Scotland 's Sarah Gourlay , from Prestwick , gave Scotland their first victory in the women 's world indoor singles championship in Guernsey last night with a 3–1 final win over defending champion England 's Mary Price . |
| 13 | With the 23 May air-flight went muster rolls giving relatives at home their first news of survivors in the Force . |
| 14 | The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller . |
| 15 | SUBSTITUTE Mixu Paatelainen earned Aberdeen their first victory at Parkhead under manager Willie Miller as Celtic 's lack of fire power again proved costly . |
| 16 | SUBSTITUTE Mix-up Paatelainen earned Aberdeen their first victory at Parkhead under manager Willie Miller as Celtic 's lack of fire power again proved costly . |
| 17 | Info World is betting IBM and Apple Computer Inc bow their first Kaleida product at Comdex next month . |
| 18 | Glentoran skipper Barney Bowers hotly disputed the penalty award that gave Coleraine 's Mark McWalter their first goal . |
| 19 | Residents in Scotland whose first language is not English may welcome the opportunity to be assessed in their native language as a useful first step prior to undertaking training delivered and assessed in English . |
| 20 | Indeed it may be asked why companies whose first duty is to their shareholders should put huge sums into the education system . |
| 21 | The International Association for the Study of Pain set up a Taxonomy Committee whose first job was to generate an agreed definition of pain . |
| 22 | A misunderstanding between Richard Eyres and Derek Pyke gave Rocky Turner his first penalty chance , and a second , from a similarly kickable position , arrived when David Hulme was forced to obstruct Mark Roskell . |
| 23 | Morgan , Mr Preston , the bank 's new president , will need all his organisational skills if ( rightly ) he decides in September to make that bureaucracy his first target . |
| 24 | For it was Gould who showed Darwin his first evidence of the possible transmutation of species . |
| 25 | The job involved visiting mining camps , quarries and oilfields all over the world selling explosives and it gave Haslam his first taste of the excitement of travel , something that has remained with him all his life . |
| 26 | POPE John Paul this weekend starts a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers his first visit to the former Soviet Union . |
| 27 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 28 | And we know that the tumour I first saw has got less . |
| 29 | Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp . |
| 30 | Within this hangar-like construction six or seven ‘ turrets ’ were housed , giving student gunners their first taste of their chosen art . |