Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 2 | Ciaran Fitzgerald brought in Rob Saunders , not only for his first cap but as captain in that Championship last season . |
| 3 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 4 | Brian Swan was first to the ball when Townsend 's penalty came off the right-hand post and Swan was also in support of the stand-off when he touched down for his first try . |
| 5 | Brian Rose was brought in for his first home Test and promised he would attack the bowling ; he was as good as his word and made 70 , but 33 from Gatting was the only other contribution as the last seven wickets went for 24 in fifty-two minutes . |
| 6 | Oxford crammed the midfield and brought keeper Paul Reece in for his first game of the season … he was made to work overtime as newly promoted Bolton chased their first league win … |
| 7 | Oxford crammed the midfield and brought keeper Paul Reece in for his first game of the season … he was made to work overtime as newly promoted Bolton chased their first league win … |
| 8 | There 'll be a change in defence tomorrow Kevan Smith is in for his first game |
| 9 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 10 | Striker Don Goodman is rated as doubtful with a recurring groin injury , and if he has to stand down again Hawke is likely to come in for his first game of the season probably as a partner for ex-England and Boro man Peter Davenport . |
| 11 | Uhmm , I 'm not sure I share peoples convictions that Strachan will be a good manager for Leeds … especially as his first managerial job . |
| 12 | Late in life , Britten thought better of his first operatic venture but , as the time , it made him determined to escape from Auden 's artistic and personal domination . |
| 13 | The converted midfield player marked his 25th birthday with the 51st-minute opener and Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 14 | Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 15 | Here Lewis chipped in with his first contribution : ‘ What about shipping them all off on one of these circular tours you know , on the buses ? ’ |
| 16 | To avoid losing his temper the Marshal said it himself along with his first question : ‘ It was the morning that it snowed … ’ |
| 17 | So in his first major speech as leader in parliament he wasted little time on the customary compliments and warned the government that he intended to play hard . |
| 18 | So in his first inaugural address ( March 1933 ) he asked Congress for " broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency " . |
| 19 | He worked on the buses when he arrived , showed me a canopy in front of a hotel that he 'd brought down on his first solo drive . |
| 20 | Bruno 's promoter , Micky Duff , urging Lewis to cash in on his first defence with a summer clash at Wembley stadium , said : ‘ That kind of money puts Frank in a very solid position . |
| 21 | THE Prime Minister was flying to Washington tonight for his first White House meeting with President Clinton — amid claims that the traditional special relationship between Britain and the US may be cooling . |
| 22 | There was little debate about the penalty , which Saunders converted comfortably for his first goal in nine matches . |
| 23 | Ten points in five crucial second-half minutes changed the complexion , Rod McCall driving over for his first international try , Roebuck converting then adding a penalty . |
| 24 | Part of Gould 's collection sent from Sydney shortly after his first visit to New South Wales only narrowly escaped being lost when it turned up in a warehouse that Gould happened to visit in Adelaide . |
| 25 | After a routine check just after his first birthday we were told that Cameron is quite normal . |
| 26 | Montag returns home just after his first meeting with Clarisse to discover his wife has taken an overdose of sleeping tablets . |
| 27 | Soon after his first brush with ravens he had seen buzzards like Woil in the distance . |
| 28 | By moving away from his first mate , the male prevents the female from assessing his true status until it is too late for her to do anything about it . |
| 29 | And young Gareth Davies was a whisker away from his first goal . |
| 30 | Already in his first novel , Boccalone ( 1979 ) , widely recognized as the best to come out of the youth movement of the late 1970s , Palandri had shown an extraordinary ability to create sufficient space for his characters , ‘ enrico ’ and ‘ anna ’ and their friends , to speak for themselves without being overwhelmed by the surrounding clutter or by the pretensions of ‘ literature ’ , pretensions from which the narrator keeps his distance : ‘ I do n't want to make big speeches , I never did when I was with anna and I was better off ; I just want to recount incidents and let the rest come out of that , if there actually is anything ’ ( Palandri 1979 : 124 ) . |