Example sentences of "[vb pp] his first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE golfer Sandy Lyle has won his first contract to design an 18-hole championship course , about 25 miles from Berlin . |
| 2 | He had steadily improved his performance in the shadow of Jochen Rindt and , with Rindt 's death at Monza in 1970 , he had inherited the mantle of Number One driver and , by 1972 , had won his first championship at Lotus . |
| 3 | Cooksley was 21 last Saturday , Turner is 24 and Bunce has earned his first cap at 30 . |
| 4 | He had just caught his first glimpse of Thorsbury Manor . |
| 5 | He had already done his first translation of one of Hitler 's speeches into English . |
| 6 | And Gordon has done his first deal with his wife Maggie McKernan . |
| 7 | By the time it was all over , Norman had done his first mix , a poppy version of Eric B and Rakim 's ‘ I Know You Got Soul ’ which sampled The Jackson Five 's ‘ ABC ’ with a typical lack of concern for cool . |
| 8 | Of these the most important was Hartley , after whom he had named his first son . |
| 9 | Terence Stamp has written his first novel |
| 10 | TERENCE Stamp has written his first novel , The Night , to be published in February . |
| 11 | His greatest idea came after he had written his first works and was doing an index for a book : this was to give a name composed of two words , a generic name and a specific or trivial one , to each species . |
| 12 | Traditionally , as a refuge for his invalid son , who had just suffered his first attack of epilepsy . |
| 13 | A late crow said a word as her entry through the open drive gate disturbed his first sleep . |
| 14 | The Prophet , having missed his first killing strike , realised he would have to move fast to avoid capture by the trap set for him by his hated enemy . |
| 15 | MICHAEL Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , has made his first decision in the new office . |
| 16 | Asif Mujtaba had made his first Test half-century and seemed quite settled , while England will have felt apprehensive about Salim Malik after he was spared at 22 by Gooch at slip , low and to his left , off Lewis . |
| 17 | He had made his first apport as a teenager . |
| 18 | The new Education Secretary has made his first school visit since taking office . |
| 19 | After he has made his first claim for Landor , Pound writes two paragraphs of the sort that have provoked near-apoplexy , because they have not been taken in the spirit that Pound intended : |
| 20 | Before long , he had made his first links with staff in the bank 's Florida and Panama branches . |
| 21 | He had seen his first Rottweiler in the UK whilst visiting a police dog training centre and he was greatly impressed with his working ability . |
| 22 | Howard thinks to himself that he must write to his children tonight and tell them that he has seen his first angels . |
| 23 | Eleanor 's husband had secured his first lectureship , and her first novel had been acclaimed in literary circles . |
| 24 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 25 | He 's had his first bottle . ’ |
| 26 | Salisbury had had his first bowl , though not from the usual legspinner 's end . |
| 27 | Not yet past the lunch hour , and Erlich had had his first argument of the day . |
| 28 | Indeed , Summerchild has already had his first meeting with Serafin , and been accepted as Secretary of the operation . |
| 29 | And Oliver 's brother Jordan , three , has already had his first spin in a go-kart . |
| 30 | ‘ Thomas had just had his first round of chemotherapy , ’ says his mother Clemency . |