Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung off his shirt in delight — obviously enjoying his first goal of the season . |
| 2 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 3 | He looked round , somewhat disappointed his first resolution met no opposition . |
| 4 | Maguire sustained a shoulder injury and was concussed , so misses his first opportunity to ride in the big race . |
| 5 | She only knew his first name and that he was from somewhere near Luton , Beds . |
| 6 | Ironically , it would be Cats that would eventually bring his first marriage to an end . |
| 7 | Martyn , 20 , has just completed his first full season of Sheffield Shield cricket for Western Australia . |
| 8 | Richards , who has just completed his first year as the Welsh Rugby Union development officer for Mid-Wales , wants to see the representative side going from strength to strength . |
| 9 | Yet he soon divorced his first wife , quite casually , to cement a treaty against his brother Carloman , and certainly paid little or no attention to orthodox Christian morality . |
| 10 | He had just caught his first glimpse of Thorsbury Manor . |
| 11 | He had already done his first translation of one of Hitler 's speeches into English . |
| 12 | Traditionally , as a refuge for his invalid son , who had just suffered his first attack of epilepsy . |
| 13 | Paul Newman had just secured his first major film role , with Pier Angeli in The Silver Chalice ( which was so bad that when it was shown on television in the Sixties , he took out newspaper advertisements apologising to viewers for having to watch it ) . |
| 14 | And Oliver 's brother Jordan , three , has already had his first spin in a go-kart . |
| 15 | Indeed , Summerchild has already had his first meeting with Serafin , and been accepted as Secretary of the operation . |
| 16 | ‘ Thomas had just had his first round of chemotherapy , ’ says his mother Clemency . |
| 17 | He was already into the champagne and mansion bracket up in the hills and very soon began his first famous relationship , setting up home with Joan Collins . |
| 18 | Since both sites and nesting material are usually in short supply in a weaver bird colony , he often laboriously unravels his first attempt and using its constituents weaves it all over again in the same place . |
| 19 | A five year old boy from Bosnia who 's paralysed from the waist down could soon take his first steps with the aid of calipers . |
| 20 | REGGAE star Shabba Ranks has finally scored his first solo hit after releasing a staggering 30 singles on 15 different labels since 1988 . |
| 21 | Smith , on 91 when England resumed at 245 for three , soon completed his first overseas Test hundred , and his eighth in all in his 40th Test . |
| 22 | Smith , who was on 91 when England resumed at 245 for three , soon completed his first overseas Test hundred — his eighth in all — in his 40th Test . |
| 23 | Younger than Fräulein , he had just finished his first year at university , but was already in trouble . |
| 24 | It was n't until France toured Australia in 1990 that he finally won his first cap . |
| 25 | Senna was soon to become his first star . |
| 26 | Brian McMillan just missed his first Test century yesterday , then grabbed three wickets to put India in a shaky position , the visitors ending play at 128–6 . |
| 27 | Tony Fretwell-Downing , the Sheffield computer businessman who sponsored the event , very gamely claimed his first ever route with an ascent of the loose and long west flank . |
| 28 | Secretary of State , Sir Patrick Mayhew , yesterday made his first utterance on the renewed cycle of violence . |
| 29 | The Elleray Park special school pupil can not sit , stand , crawl or walk unaided and his parents still await his first words . |
| 30 | So much depends on Wright , still seeking his first England goal , and Shearer , who play together for only the second time . |