Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] their first " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |
| 2 | Cycling was the craze of the era and The Cycling Travellers ' Club organized their first tour to the Continent in 1879 . |
| 3 | That day the Brigade gave their first public display , and these events , with the rescue from a burning building as the highlight , were to continue into the 1930s . |
| 4 | In 1899 the Secession held their first ( as an alternative to the Salon ) exhibition ; here no foreign painters were exhibited , but at the same time neither were the didactic and patriotic paintings typical of the Salon . |
| 5 | Earlier in 1946 Jones 's brilliance had cut short St Colman 's brave bid to capture their first MacRory Cup , but they persevered and three years later captained by Sean Blaney , Greg 's father , they won their first MacRory . |
| 6 | Charlton , who yesterday named an unchanged Republic side following their first training session in Vilnius , said : ‘ If it is the three players who I have watched four times give excellent performances for Lithuania , then I will be delighted . |
| 7 | Charlton , who yesterday named an unchanged Republic side following their first training session in Vilnius , said : ‘ If it is the three players who I have watched four times give excellent performances for Lithuania , then I will be delighted . |
| 8 | The Type II disease occurs in yearlings , usually in late winter or spring following their first grazing season and results from the maturation of larvae ingested during the previous autumn and subsequently arrested in their development at the early fourth larval stage . |
| 9 | OCEAN COLOUR SCENE undertake their first headlining UK tour , starting at Windsor Psykik Dancehall on November 8 then Portsmouth Ritzy 's 15 , Canterbury Kent University 16 , London Ladbroke Grove Subterania 17 , Glasgow King Tut 's Wah Wah Hut 22 , Edinburgh Venue 23 , Newcastle University 24 , Manchester Polytechnic 27 , Birmingham Burberries 27 , Wolverhampton Polytechnic 28 , St. Helen 's Citadel 29 , Norwich Waterfront 30 , Leeds Warehouse December 3 , London Ladbroke Grove Subterania 4 , Sheffield Leadmill 5 , Bristol University 7 and Bedford Esquires 8 . |
| 10 | OCEAN COLOUR SCENE undertake their first headlining UK tour , starting at Windsor Psykik Dancehall on November 8 then Portsmouth Ritzy 's 15 , Canterbury Kent University 16 , London Ladbroke Grove Subterania 17 , Glasgow King Tut 's Wah Wah Hut 22 , Edinburgh Venue 23 , Newcastle University 24 , Manchester Polytechnic 27 , Birmingham Burberries 27 , Wolverhampton Polytechnic 28 , St. Helen 's Citadel 29 , Norwich Waterfront 30 , Leeds Warehouse December 3 , London Ladbroke Grove Subterania 4 , Sheffield Leadmill 5 , Bristol University 7 and Bedford Esquires 8 . |
| 11 | In 1978 members of the Committee staged their first hunger strike , followed by a three-month occupation of the Red Cross offices in San Salvador to demand the release of all political prisoners . |
| 12 | During a naval review off Portsmouth in October 1955 , British naval intelligence had their first sight of the new , post-war Russian Navy when the heavy cruiser Sverdlov arrived to take part . |
| 13 | England football manager Graham Taylor at least managed to enjoy Christmas after the team got their first points in their World Cup qualifying group . |
| 14 | Club officials spent half an hour arguing over who had the right to wear their first strip . |
| 15 | A delighted England team celebrate their first Test win in New Zealand since 1978–78 . |
| 16 | Gloucester 's hockey team scored their first national league win last week … 4-0 on sunday they 're at home to Cambridge City … |
| 17 | Su Ragazzi need take only one set from the match to win their first title . |
| 18 | The Telegraph commented : ‘ As Sir Alf [ pictured ] watched his team begin their first game together since last November he must have felt like a yachtsman who takes the winter covers off his boat , eases it into the water and finds it has sprung leaks fore , aft and midships . ’ |
| 19 | Wet Wet Wet — the Scottish super band release their first single in two years — we 'll be there . |
| 20 | European directives on acquired rights and the transfer of undertakings regulations have given public service shop stewards their first glimmer of light over C C T which they fought for a decade with little more than their own bluff and courage . |
| 21 | NOT even the most imaginative of San Diego Chargers fans would have been entertaining Super Bowl thoughts after the team lost their first four games . |
| 22 | Bath had used a variation of this move to score their first try . |
| 23 | Another highlight will be the Chilean Air Force 's Halcones aerobatic team making their first British tour since they exchanged their Pittses for Extra 300s . |
| 24 | Naas Botha and his team play their first international in England since 1969 — and it could be their last in a long while . |
| 25 | Darlington have a chance to record their first double following their 1–0 win at Valley Parade last month . |
| 26 | Last week 's leaders Tynemouth were knocked off their pedestal losing their first game of the season . |
| 27 | The nonconformist movement built their first chapel in 1821 , with four having been erected over the years for the Primitive , Congregational , Baptist and Methodist movements , only the latter still regularly meeting . |
| 28 | HYPNOTONE : ‘ Be Good To Me ’ trancey house quartet issue their first single since splitting with Creation and joining Manchester music figure Dave Haslam 's new First Love label |
| 29 | Oxford United have their own ladies team this season … they 're in the first division of the National League and this week played their first game at the Manor ground … and the girls done well . |
| 30 | This month sees their first CD album on their own R&M label ; a cassette is on sale now . |