Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] their first " in BNC.
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| 1 | After comfortable wins for their first and third pairs , it was left to Julian Godfrey and Laurence Matthews to clinch the championship with a nail biting 7–6 , 7–6 success over Richard Pannell and Dylan Williams . |
| 2 | ENGLAND swept aside defending champions Ireland at Hoylake yesterday to stay on course for their first men 's amateur Home International title for four years . |
| 3 | Su Ragazzi kept on course for their first men 's league and cup by qualifying for their cup final at Meadowbank on 28 March . |
| 4 | The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road . |
| 5 | The second round ties of the Yorkshire Cup are down to be played this Saturday a had kept open but when Harrogate were hoping to entertain Cambridge University for their first visit to Claro Road . |
| 6 | The fry free swim in three to four days and are able to take freshly-hatched brine shrimp as their first food . |
| 7 | Whereas before the majority of pet dog owners would have just one dog , more and more people now decide to get a second dog — often as a playmate for their first dog . |
| 8 | All a child needs is £1 as their first deposit . |
| 9 | Candidates for their first post were generally distinguished , where necessary , as " new ; but as the present discussion is concerned almost entirely with these " new the term mulazim by itself is to be understood in that sense unless otherwise noted . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't do such a thing — unlike some people around here , ’ she added under her breath , referring to the time when Mildred had accidently changed Ethel into a pig during their first term at the school . |
| 11 | Welsh international Clayton Blackmore will take over Phelan 's right back spot as United search for their first home win after two successive away victories . |
| 12 | United 's search for their first away win of the season ended at Leicester : 3-2 it could and should have been more . |
| 13 | The room was about twelve feet square , furnished with old , antique oak merchandise they 'd bought from a shop in Chichester during their first visit to the place . |
| 14 | Generally only calves during their first grazing season are clinically affected , since on farms where the disease is endemic older animals have a strong acquired immunity . |
| 15 | Members of the delegation , including three of its leading figures — Faisal al-Husseini , Hannan Ashrawi and Haidar Abdel-Shafi — embraced Arafat during their first televised encounter . |
| 16 | As a result , they lost tons of money when punk rockers trashed concert halls during their first shows . |
| 17 | Sussex picked up 16 win points at Hove when they overhauled a Warwickshire target of 250 in just under two sessions for their first Championship victory in five matches . |
| 18 | Perhaps ‘ end of term ’ reports on individual authorities and schools after their first two and a half years or so of implementing the 1981 Act ( when the research data were finally gathered ) would range from commenting , ‘ Encouraging progress has been made ’ , through the ubiquitous ‘ Could do better ’ to ‘ Disappointing work . |
| 19 | Patients were entered into the study after their first upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy showed Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 20 | My attitude is that if a band manages to release a second album of poor songs four months after their first album left number one in the charts , it is n't worth the rush . |
| 21 | Firstly , users tend to contact agencies one to three years after starting to use heroin and , secondly , interviews took place over 12 months after their first contact with the two agencies concerned . |
| 22 | That was April , six months after their first meeting . |
| 23 | Among the 102 patients with parenchymal cirrhosis , 42 died from time zero to 12 months after their first variceal haemorrhage . |
| 24 | Such couples are often recognized by the loss of their first names : they become Mummy and Daddy to one another as well as to the children . |
| 25 | They are merely reproducing the same wistfulness and dreamlike melodies of their first album . |
| 26 | But , despite all the cleverly wrought curlicues , the combo 's most successful material was the most conventional ; the simple , undulating rhythm of their first encore , King of the Unknown Sea , as yet unrecorded , was one of the evening 's simplest and most persuasive offerings . |
| 27 | The Gunners travel to Southampton today in search of their first point for a month after two successive Premier League defeats . |
| 28 | INJURY-HIT Crystal Palace go in search of their first Premier League win today at Everton with boss Steve Coppell fearing the Peter Beardsley factor . |
| 29 | So the World Championships starting at Saalbach on 22 January looked certain to feed the ambitions of champions like Tomba and Kronberger , in search of their first gold medal , and newcomers getting a taste of success in the World Cup . |
| 30 | THE POGUES celebrate the recent completion of their first world tour accompanied by Joe Strummer , with the release of a new single . |