Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitch Cook launched a surging run down the left , David Cork had a shot blocked and record signing Nick Cusack sent a looping header past Neil Edwards and into the Stockport goal his second goal for the club and his first at Feethams since signing from Motherwell . |
| 2 | He lost his only son Jay , 26 , in an air crash and his first wife Connie drowned in Antigua . |
| 3 | Mains went to Training College in Dunedin to develop as a schoolteacher and his first adult rugby was with that club . |
| 4 | Ruddock , 25 , signed a three year deal when he moved to Spurs from Southampton for £750,000 12 months ago , and claimed Venables promised him a renegotiated contract if his first season went well . |
| 5 | Our older son and his wife came to live with us for four months , between University and his first job . |
| 6 | McCreery wanted a two-year deal after an impressive season on the field and his first taste of management . |
| 7 | He did not visit her again until the following evening and his first words on entering the room were , ‘ What on earth have you done with Harry ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ As for the manner of burial , ’ the lawyer said , ‘ it appears that your father wishes to be buried in the same place as his first wife . |
| 9 | He had aimed carefully between its eyes , but its movement changed the attitude of its head and his first bullet merely grooved the glossy hide of its neck . |
| 10 | Joe then begins active trading and his first period transactions are listed below . |
| 11 | A student starts at tenth class , which is called ‘ kup ’ and works his way towards the level of proficiency of an instructor and his first dan , or black belt . |
| 12 | Every Buttermere neighbour and old wrestling foe would be given a free mug of beer as his first drink and throughout the day Joseph would ask a little — often useless — favour here , another there in order to keep them within his ken : so that they kept their eyes , he would say to himself , on the signals coming from the flagship . |
| 13 | For him , it was still today what it had been then : the first love of his life and his first , great passion ! |
| 14 | He , whose picture Skaller now held in his hand , he had been his first love , his first love and his first passion ! |
| 15 | In the case of the white boy , we can rule out the possibility of " mother-tongue " interference because his first exposure to Creole was almost certainly rather late in life and too late to " interfere " with his acquisition of LE . |
| 16 | A MAN had to run through a gauntlet of flames to save his life when his first floor flat turned into an inferno . |
| 17 | So Taylor took Lineker into the European Championship as his first choice marksman , but with big doubts about what he would contribute . |
| 18 | His parents seemed to have given him every encouragement and his first poems were imitations of his father 's songs . |
| 19 | David Rendel , MP describes some moments he will remember about the Newbury by-election and his first week as an MP . |
| 20 | He responded first by contributing to Leeds ' second goal , scored by Chapman three minutes from the end after his first shot had come back to him off a post , and then with that spectacular coup de grace . |
| 21 | Sheron has collected his first Under-21 cap and his first Young Eagle of the Month Award . |
| 22 | But , of course , I was determined to take him into the company and his first role for us was Tamino in Magic Flute . |
| 23 | James hopes for a double celebration today — an England call-up and his first clean sheet for Liverpool in tonight 's clash with Southampton at Anfield . |
| 24 | James is hoping to celebrate a double today — an England call-up and his first clean sheet for his new club . |
| 25 | Geldof has come a long way since his first single with the Boomtown Rats , a hymn to selfishness called Looking After Number One . |
| 26 | Misfortune struck Sir John when his second wife died ; she received the same treatment as his first spouse . |
| 27 | Although it does have lower , lower power than his first test , right , but if you ca n't calculate his first test then it 's the best thing to use . |
| 28 | He began his bookselling activities in about 1770 from his father 's shop , but had moved to 13 Aldgate High Street by the end of 1773 ; it was at this time that his first publications came out , among them the Ladies ' Museum ( 1773–1814 ) , and that he began to explore the possibilities of circulating libraries . |
| 29 | Is it within your power to draw the Prime Minister 's attention to the fact that his first responsibility is to the House of Commons , that there is a Prime Minister 's Question Time every Tuesday and Thursday and that we have a Foreign Secretary and a Secretary of State for Defence who are quite able to deal with international and defence commitments overseas ? |
| 30 | Sparke enjoyed considerable financial success ( his will indicates that he bought a gentleman 's estate and his first wife was connected to the Warwickshire gentry ) and political influence , which came from publishing works no other printer would touch . |