Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 2 | Russia 's space industry has won a contract to launch its first western satellite . |
| 3 | If ( and hopefully when ) you do finally quit , it may create more of a problem than if you gird your mental loins at the outset and make up your mind to do it first and foremost . |
| 4 | It would be a brave man who would accuse Aitken of cheating on his present club to protect his first senior team , however , and a foolish one who continued to harbour the notion after watching his display of honest professionalism . |
| 5 | As well as fine-tuning his own stamina and fitness by clocking up to 70 miles in training each week , Paul has been helping his 12-year-old daughter Sacha in her bid to compete her first four-mile London mini-marathon . |
| 6 | KING GEORGE hero The Fellow is now as short as 7-4 ( from 3-1 ) with Coral to land his first Gold Cup at Cheltenham in March . |
| 7 | I have struggled to pay the loan and have now obtained a Smith and Nephew scholarship to pay my first year 's course fees . |
| 8 | Twenty years later , the Daily Mirror hired this car to transport its first million-pound Bingo winner , Mrs. Maudie Barrett to the Town Hall to receive her cheque . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | RICHARD HANNON is eyeing the gold in a bid to clinch his first ever trainer 's title . |
| 11 | Sheila 's head tilted back against the rough bark to receive his first kiss . |
| 12 | " Just a little present to celebrate your first night . |
| 13 | Watts withstood a tremendous charge from Taiwan 's Chen Tse-chung to win his first title by just one shot on 274 . |
| 14 | Within a minute Kerly had latched himself on to a Robert Clift free hit to score his first goal . |
| 15 | On pole after setting a lap record during the qualifying session , Mansell became the first rookie driver to win his first Indy grand prix since the late Graham Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 . |
| 16 | Club officials spent half an hour arguing over who had the right to wear their first strip . |
| 17 | We also bought Marioff Nortest at the beginning of this year , allowing the Group to establish its first operating base in Norway . |
| 18 | In early 1993 , the acquisition of Marioff Nortest was also concluded , allowing the Group to establish its first operating base in Norway . |
| 19 | Su Ragazzi need take only one set from the match to win their first title . |
| 20 | On 20 September , my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science asked the review body to submit its first report in January 1992 , making recommendations on teachers ' pay and conditions in the year commencing 1 April 1992 . |
| 21 | No need to phone me first — |
| 22 | Bath had used a variation of this move to score their first try . |
| 23 | He dominated the tie-break 7–2 and after allowing seventh-seeded Chang to hold his first service game of the third set , Sampras went on an amazing burst , running off 11 games in a row to lead 5–0 in the fourth before Chang won another game . |
| 24 | Yet it is evident that the timing of the Act had been determined by Churchill 's desire to popularize his first budget and , with the rate of pension remaining static despite inflation , the continuing poverty of many elderly people merely testified to the inefficacy of such posturing in a climate of financial stringency . |
| 25 | Bush too was being realistic when he made his move to stage her first live concerts . |
| 26 | I started work at 16 , married a wonderful man at 20 and left my job to have my first child at 21 . |
| 27 | I revise my decision to abandon my first lesson and ask Jack McKellar if any drivers are particularly to blame — business people , lorry drivers or journalists with three children ? |
| 28 | Darlington have a chance to record their first double following their 1–0 win at Valley Parade last month . |
| 29 | Lewis was perfectly correct , even politically correct , to insist that Bowe had reneged on a pledge to fight him first . |
| 30 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |