Example sentences of "[noun sg] and 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 Our older son and his wife came to live with us for four months , between University and his first job .
5 McCreery wanted a two-year deal after an impressive season on the field and his first taste of management .
6 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 ? ’
7 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 .
8 Joe then begins active trading and his first period transactions are listed below .
9 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 .
10 For him , it was still today what it had been then : the first love of his life and his first , great passion !
11 He , whose picture Skaller now held in his hand , he had been his first love , his first love and his first passion !
12 His parents seemed to have given him every encouragement and his first poems were imitations of his father 's songs .
13 David Rendel , MP describes some moments he will remember about the Newbury by-election and his first week as an MP .
14 Sheron has collected his first Under-21 cap and his first Young Eagle of the Month Award .
15 But , of course , I was determined to take him into the company and his first role for us was Tamino in Magic Flute .
16 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 .
17 James is hoping to celebrate a double today — an England call-up and his first clean sheet for his new club .
18 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 .
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