Example sentences of "[pron] first [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | My first engine in the Fat Controller 's Railway was Thomas . |
| 2 | ‘ My first event in charge was at Goodwood — the race where Stirling Moss crashed — and I had no money . |
| 3 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
| 4 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 5 | A dream I had not so long ago took me back to my first year in Vienna . |
| 6 | His son , Wilfred , a pupil-teacher at St. Martin 's , taught me during my first year in the Boys ' School . |
| 7 | I watched him go round and , as it was my first year in the sport , I thought — so this is what FI is like , eh ? |
| 8 | In my first year in a London art school my two major preoccupations were whether you really could see William Turner 's late canvases as a precursor to French Impressionism , and how the hell I could afford to clothe myself in the right gear to make a stunning impact on my new friends at the Gateways . |
| 9 | Armed with your support I look forward to my first year in that position , to sorting the Party 's problems . |
| 10 | Yorkshire is a cold place and I could remember the sensation almost of shock at the start of my first winter in Darrowby . |
| 11 | Driving up to the gates of the camp , I saw my first legionnaire in parade uniform ; he was wearing a white képi , a green tie and blue cummerbund . |
| 12 | My first outing in these tough looking boots was three miles in good weather . |
| 13 | I therefore answer my first question in the affirmative and I do find as a result that Miss T. had the capacity to make a valid refusal of blood on that Sunday afternoon and evening . |
| 14 | My first school in Cornwall was at Poundstock , a little village council primary , about three miles from Widemouth Bay . |
| 15 | The nearest I could get was my first night in a barracks in Shropshire , at the start of National Service . |
| 16 | ‘ On my first night in prison again it was n't realistic . |
| 17 | This tour of duty also included my first spell in command when Phil took his three weeks ' leave . |
| 18 | She writes : ‘ I entered the Diplomatic Service straight from Somerville , and was already abroad on my first assignment in Hungary at the age oftwenty-one . |
| 19 | Fresh from the colonies , my first assignment in the province was for ‘ The World at One ’ late in 1968 , around the time they were bolting steel plates over the windows of Broadcasting House in Belfast . |
| 20 | ( My first sermon in Burmese , delivered very slowly , took just over three minutes ! ) |
| 21 | The need to have my own quiet corner became a priority during my first Easter in Cotherstone , when I was a bit depressed . |
| 22 | I did n't feel it was worthwhile to make an effort in England any more if this was to be the result of my first exposure in England since Robert Fraser collapsed . |
| 23 | My first experience in going into tramcars er in , in Edinburgh anyway and I suppose that the same thing would have happened er in any country , just gone through the ravages of war , with blackouts and so forth . |
| 24 | On my first day in Alaska I made a bee-line for the local radio station KFAR where I met the manager , Augie Hiebert and we spent the rest of the day talking shop . |
| 25 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Bob was very helpful when he played under men and gave me a lot of helpful advice , especially after Middlesex had scored 120 for 0 against use before lunch on my first day in charge ! ’ |
| 27 | Imagine my amazement when , on my first day in the new set-up , I found that everyone fought for attention by dramatizing every event . |
| 28 | On my first day in the job he took me into the director 's Portakabin , put his arm around me and , showing me the empty trophy case , said ‘ Your job , Les , is to fill that cabinet before I die . ’ |
| 29 | But anyway , she made me promise that my first day in New York , I 'd go to Statue of Liberty . |
| 30 | He told the 114 delegates assembled at the resort 's Savoy Hotel how the environmental group had regarded BNFL when he took office in 1986 : ‘ You remember , they re-named April the first , my first day in office , British Nuclear Fools Day . |