Example sentences of "[adj] for [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Same team , similar bike — Capirossi has kept things as simple as possible for his first season as defending world champion |
| 2 | Yet he waited until 1986 for his first official race on the dirt and began his tarmac career just a year later . |
| 3 | We had spent a week at La Bérade — that little unspoilt mountain hamlet deep within the Dauphiné massif where Eric shipton stayed in 1925 for his first alpine season ; and though we 'd found the mountains bathed in light and little snow around as we drove slowly up the battered but stupendous road from St Christoph through Les Etages , his words about the view he had from the bus exactly mirrored our mood as we peered up through a windscreen at the hills : |
| 4 | You can use either but the latter are perhaps easier for my first idea — Christmas angels or other Christmas figures . |
| 5 | Thanks to Graham Waters of St. Just and Frank Butler ( Cornwall YDO ) the ‘ Mini All Blacks ’ took to the road on 1st December 1991 for their first game against Redruth . |
| 6 | Nicky Summerbee will probably move back into defence and Paul Hunt come in at number 7 for his first full league game of the season . |
| 7 | After two laps Grandon fell back slightly leaving Lyons and Murray to forge ahead with Murray seeming set for his first victory in the province . |
| 8 | Pope John Paul II arrived in Prague on April 21 for his first visit to a Soviet bloc country outside his native Poland . |
| 9 | The main thing to remember when looking for your first gigs is that promoters , bookers and pub landlords are n't bothered whether you are going to be the next U2 . |
| 10 | But of the fish that are available to the dealer there is one that stands out : the Gold Lyretail — a very striking species — and ideal for your first attempt at breeding Killifish . |
| 11 | Top seed Peter Hayden forget to put his clock forward and turned up too late for his first round match , in an unhappy day for the seeds . |
| 12 | At half-past-six in the front bedroom of 2 Acacia Close , Chevisham , Susan Bradley , wife of the Higher Scientific Officer in the Biology Department of Hoggatt 's Laboratory , was welcomed by the faint , plaintive wail of her two-month-old baby , hungry for her first feed of the day . |
| 13 | Val had been , Roland was sure , partly responsible for his First . |
| 14 | Parnevik had to wait until the sixth for his first birdie , but then had four in a row , and four more in his matching inward half of 32 . |
| 15 | United go to Southampton tonight still desperate for their first victory in the new Premier League with Wark forecasting : ‘ I still fancy them to finish in the top three — even win it . |
| 16 | We made the cut in 1970 for my first British Open with Tom , but a bad last round put him down the field . |
| 17 | For a show due to open for its first public preview in a week 's time The Hooded Owl was in far from promising shape . |
| 18 | In 1921–22 , Palace 's first-ever season in Division Two , Bateman missed only five matches , and he scored his usual brace of away goals — at Barnsley ( lost 1–3 ) and Bury ( won 2–1 for our first win there ) . |
| 19 | All right , nine was a little young for her first sexual encounter , but now she 's come to like it she 's become such a friendly child . |
| 20 | Rystrom was leading the field by a shot at 11 under and needed a par four for his first European Tour victory . |
| 21 | I had Stuart about 3.55 a.m. which I 'm told was n't bad for my first child . |
| 22 | Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) assembled in Geneva on March 11-12 for their first meeting since the ceasefire in the Gulf war . |
| 23 | Counter staff June Fifield and Diane Langley spent Monday morning in training ready for their first full day 's opening on Wednesday . |
| 24 | By 8 a.m. , the pilots are ready for their first practise . |
| 25 | BRM 's F1 return had to wait until the new two-litre P25 was ready for its first full season in 1956 . |
| 26 | Then it spreads its wings and flies away , ready for its first meal of nectar ! |
| 27 | Across the narrow stretch of water in front of him was Flushing Quay where the ferry was moored , ready for its first crossing of the day . |
| 28 | Fuzzy Logic has 125 owners … all regulars at Prestbury Park and nearly all of them were in the paddock to see their very own horse getting ready for its first run … its trained by Nigel twiston Davies and his assitant Peter Scudamore |
| 29 | On the morning of the sixth day , Hullabaloo and Artemis jumped a line of good hedges in perfect harmony , and by the end of the first week Annellie Clyde considered her pupil ready for her first full day out . |
| 30 | By June 1980 we were ready for our first serious collecting trip . |