Example sentences of "[noun sg] for his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Wragg writes : Your Local Education Authority is obliged to give your son a grant for his first higher- education course . |
| 2 | With James out of the running for the Cup final against Newcastle , Chapman called up George Male for his first Cup tie . |
| 3 | This puts him on course for his first pole in Adelaide since 1986 , his first win in Australia , a record 10th victory of the season and the 31st of his 12-year career . |
| 4 | Firstly , Dustin is hidden under a folding bed which he is repairing in readiness for his first sexual experience , and then he is off-camera , talking to his parents , in the one comic-satiric scene that Woody Allen might not have disowned . |
| 5 | Lewis , on holiday in Jamaica , will return to training next month in readiness for his first defence , possibly against Alex Stewart . |
| 6 | Jim struck just before half-time for his first goal , and got his second three minutes from the finish . |
| 7 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 8 | He went to a qualified medical practitioner for his first experience in 1963 and , according to himself , became one of the first people in the country to take the drug . |
| 9 | Store manager Tim Stanger has a warm welcome as well as a rose and a flag for his first customer . |
| 10 | The work he did for his Doctorat de l'Universite , awarded with the citation ‘ bien ’ in 1965 , formed the basis for his first book , The Law Governing Employment in International Organisations ( 1967 ) , which remains a source much used by courts and tribunals including the Hague International Court of Justice . |
| 11 | If Bill 's leg went according to form he should be back in town for his first follow-up clinic when I started my second all-day shift with its row of free evenings . |
| 12 | Once again demonstrating the resilience which had become a characteristic of his candidacy , Clinton campaigned strongly in New York , and even chose it as the venue for his first foreign policy speech since December . |
| 13 | He stood four under par for his first 11 holes , becoming the first to break 70 with a 69 . |
| 14 | Richardson , too , made a mediocre start being one over par for his first six holes , but then birdies at the seventh , ninth and 10th moved him on to the leaderboard . |
| 15 | FELA KUTI , Nigeria 's political pop superstar , promotes his new album , ‘ Underground System ’ on Stern Records , when he arrives in Britain with a 45-piece band for his first shows since 1989 at |
| 16 | the sole gift for his first Christmas Day . |
| 17 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his first remark about visitors to Wales . |
| 18 | Q Can you suggest one or two attractive winter flowering plants to give as a birthday present to a nephew for his first garden ? |
| 19 | Hamilton was lax with a goal kick , Ferguson whipped the ball across the box and Johnson back-heeled the ball into the path of Bowman , who calmly swept home the ball for his first goal since November . |
| 20 | Regeling , who had one nasty fall , had to wait until the last race for his first win . |
| 21 | From the moment Glenister pounced on the ball in the fifth minute for his first try as the Blackheath scrum were shunted over their own line , the writing was on the wall . |
| 22 | In Stephen 's company he attended a synod in London where a sermon preached by Gilbert Foliot [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , provided the inspiration for his first work of scholarship , the massive Pantheologus , completed in 1189 . |
| 23 | WE shall probably never know the appointments Neil Kinnock had in store for his first week as Prime Minister , but there would have been some surprises . |
| 24 | Though Sparkes was game for his first homosexual experience , his thick Yorkshire accent and humorous attitude to life left Minton undone with laughter and not very much happened . |
| 25 | This leads on logically to an interest in fast-scoring feats — Jessop was a natural choice for his first biography The Croucher ( 1974 ) . |
| 26 | Sort of a reward from two monotonous , tiring weeks of promotion for his first English-language movie . |
| 27 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 28 | Instead , he had a blue card telling him to be at the hospital for his first appointment with a National Health psychotherapist , a photograph of a fair-haired woman with green eyes , a driving licence , a library ticket , a yellowed old newspaper cutting about a forgotten murder , and a much fresher , more succinct bit of print torn from last Sunday 's newspaper . |
| 29 | And , the indications are that Gazza has a chance , despite being slammed by the Italian press for his first half display on Sunday . |
| 30 | Mr Dinkins , who arrived on the weekend for his first trip to Japan , is leading a delegation of New York business executives and city officials on a week-long visit to buttress business and cultural ties . |