Example sentences of "[verb] their first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He said : ‘ They received their first proper wage slips on Saturday and half the players were not pleased . |
| 32 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said Portsmouth faced their first real test after knocking out Third Division Leyton Orient and Exeter . |
| 33 | Had it gone over the bar Wexford would now still be celebrating their first major title in 20 years . |
| 34 | The children of the parish are celebrating their First Holy Communion this week . |
| 35 | However , also in 1964 , China announced that it had exploded their first nuclear device , and that caused worldwide concern , particularly to their close neighbours , the U.S.S.R. |
| 36 | Meanwhile in France , reform of the election laws may give Les Verts their first electoral victories . |
| 37 | Hemmed in between sea and mountains , with water before them and Pharaoh 's forces at their backs , the people of Israel meet their first big test of faith — and they panic . |
| 38 | But with the Paris Angels due to play their first Irish show soon , is he not worried that ‘ Scope 's sleeve ( depicting a cross ) might cause offence ? |
| 39 | But with the Paris Angels due to play their first Irish show soon , is he not worried that ‘ Scope 's sleeve ( depicting a cross ) might cause offence ? |
| 40 | A black-owned film studio is still a distant dream , and the Hollywood studios have yet to experience their first black-directed box-office failure , which will test their willingness to entrust big budgets to black directors . |
| 41 | Many graduates have in the past been offered their first permanent employment through contacts made during their industrial placement period . |
| 42 | Many graduates and diplomates have in the past been offered their first permanent employment through contacts made during their industrial placement . |
| 43 | Crusaders are also pondering their first Euro headache — two months before they go into the UEFA Cup draw . |
| 44 | By 1805 the firm of Boulton & Watt were selling their first commercial gas plants . |
| 45 | Newly crowned league champions Dublin are 3/1 to win their first senior All Ireland in 10 years , with Cork 9/2 , Kerry 9/2 , Donegal 7/1 , Meath 9/1 , Derry 10/1 , Down 10/1 , Kildare 10/1 and Mayo 12/1 . |
| 46 | A TENTATIVE economic recovery began in the shops last month , when retail sales showed their first year-on-year rise since last September and their strongest increase since May 1992 , the month after the last general election , the Confederation of British Industry claimed yesterday . |
| 47 | Here , though , was a mature artist , in her late fifties , who had been dubbed their first Associate Artist and one who was to be given a free run of the Gallery 's Permanent Collection to make transcriptions from the work of the Old Masters . |
| 48 | In May they released their first single , ‘ Eleven O'Clock Tick Tock ’ , and spent the rest of the summer touring Britain . |
| 49 | And the week the Beatles released their first single , a cinema legend was born … the first James Bond film , Dr. No , with newcomer Sean Connery and a daringly bikini-clad Ursula Andress . |
| 50 | THE HINDU LOVE GODS , the collaboration between REM members Mike Mills , Bill Berry and peter Buck , with vocals from Warren Zevon , release their first single , a cover of Prince 's ‘ Raspberry Beret ’ , on November 12 . |
| 51 | THE HINDU LOVE GODS , the collaboration between REM members Mike Mills , Bill Berry and peter Buck , with vocals from Warren Zevon , release their first single , a cover of Prince 's ‘ Raspberry Beret ’ , on November 12 . |
| 52 | Liverpool Sefton beat Bowdon 2-1 at Wyncote to record their first Premier League win , but they lost 2-0 to Ben Rhydding in the HA Cup Tie . |
| 53 | Liverpool Sefton beat Bowdon by 2-1 at Wyncote to record their first Premier League win , but they lost 2-0 to Ben Rhydding in the HA Cup . |
| 54 | Darlington have a chance to record their first double following their 1–0 win at Valley Parade last month . |
| 55 | THE Russians are to build their first Western-style theme park — and the inspiration behind it is British cartoon dog Digswell . |
| 56 | It 's fifty years since they delivered their first hot lunch . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | They ran out on Saturday to a cautious welcome from a crowd of 1,823 ( the best this season and lowest of the day ) a week after losing to Doncaster : it was not so much that Doncaster had scored their first away goals of the season , rather that they got six without reply . |
| 60 | But in mid-1942 , at Bir-Hakeim in the Libyan desert , Free French forces had scored their first significant victory against German forces , and this had been followed by other successful actions in North Africa . |