Example sentences of "[noun sg] be his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | John 's fee was his first professional one and would only just cover the expenses of presenting the act . |
| 2 | That 'll Be The Day was his first box office hit , in 1973 . |
| 3 | With an interpreter we met for a drink and he told me that because his home was in East Germany he had been forbidden to travel abroad until quite recently when he became an old-age Pensioner ; this voyage was his first taste of freedom . |
| 4 | McClair 's close-range effort in the 14th minute was his first goal in 12 matches . |
| 5 | After gaining his international licence , the Charrington RAC Rally was his first international competition . |
| 6 | He 's had many one-man shows in European galleries , but this Whitechapel show is his first real sort of public display in this country . |
| 7 | The odd thing was his first thought was her husband , Ed , must be told — Ed whom she was on the verge of divorcing . |
| 8 | Revenue generation is his first priority . |
| 9 | The 52nd-minute header was his first Premier League goal and the blue hordes massed in the new Bridgford End stand , that looks from the outside like a poor man 's Pompidou Centre , went wild . |
| 10 | Rocetta was his first campsite . |
| 11 | And if it seemed surprising to reflect that the supremely versatile Hampshire trainer has not yet struck in our Classic races , it was even more incredible to learn from the man himself that Dead Certain 's victory in the richest two-year-olds race ever run in this country was his first success in a group one event . |
| 12 | But taking the objective Macdonald view in this first season back in the Premier Division , survival was his first concern for Airdrie , the avoidance of relegation for a club which in realistic terms has no money to buy quality players , crowds averaging less than 5,000 and a creaking , obsolute stadium . |
| 13 | Saunders , whose penalty winner was his first league goal in almost two months , revealed he had been put on the spot by colleague Ray Houghton . |
| 14 | Craft production is his first phase ; followed by technologies which employ people primarily to mind machines ; then mass ( assembly-line ) production ; and finally continuous process production . |
| 15 | Alan Winmill face 's his first meeting as a Conservative tomorrow . |