Example sentences of "[v-ing] his first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acquiring his first proper guitar at the age of ten , Ry first discovered bluegrass and then the country blues players : the Rev. Gary Davis ( who gave Ry lessons ) , Lightnin' Hopkins , Sonny Terry , Brownie McGhee and Son House , plus Howlin' Wolf , Muddy Waters and Sleepy John Estes . |
| 2 | Allen Ginsberg was writing his first major work Howl that summer in the Village . |
| 3 | One can perhaps understand why John Keats , ’ writing his first mature work of poetry , managed to confuse Balboa with Cortez ; a young and sensitive man , Keats may well have balked at including a figure capable of such wanton cruelty in a sonnet devoted to such tender sentiments . |
| 4 | For men like Stan Weatherall , whom we left experiencing his first long journey by canoe , this reorganisation swept away the frustrations of the summer of 1941 . |
| 5 | Facing his first annual meeting as IBM Corp 's chairman and chief executive , Louis Gerstner did not mince words , telling the Tampa assembly that the company 's very survival had been called into question in the past year , but promised that although the company 's reputation was temporarily tarnished , it will remain strong thanks to its worldwide base — ‘ It would be a great mistake for naysayers to underestimate IBM , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 6 | The safe shelter he had found on the edge of the village could not have been more comfortable , for all that on awakening and having his first lightsome look it struck him as a mite strange . |
| 7 | There was unfortunately one sad note — and those of us who are rugby fans will know — especially regional director who , attending his first International , saw England defeated by Wales — — perhaps it was a good job he left Cardiff early to join us ! |
| 8 | President Bill Clinton , giving his first formal press conference since he took office two months ago , said Mr Yeltsin had shown a great deal of courage in standing up for democracy , civil liberties and market reforms . |
| 9 | At the time , I decided that the slight tremor as he placed two cups on his office desk was due to nervousness at giving his first national magazine interview . |
| 10 | Hagley led to the summit of Carnedd Dafydd , reaching it in 47 minutes 30 seconds , and he never once surrendered his lead despite a spirited challenge from Paul Jenkinson , who was running his first fell race . |
| 11 | ‘ It is a good set-up and I am looking forward to the challenge , ’ said O'Brien , who will be taking his first managerial role at non-league level after many years in coaching jobs with Marine , South Liverpool , Northwich Victoria and Warrington . |
| 12 | The Hampshire powerhouse risked little by taking his first tentative net against the spinners late yesterday afternoon . |
| 13 | He started in political life as he meant to go on , sympathising with ‘ Action Francaise ’ and making his first political gesture at the age of 26 as one of the threatening , right-wing mob who were driven back by police gunfire when they tried to storm the Chamber of Deputies in February 1934 . |
| 14 | President Joaquim Chissano , making his first official visit to the United States , met President George Bush on March 13 for two hours of talks , in what was seen as marking an improvement in relations between the two countries . |
| 15 | McCallen will be riding his 750 Castrol Honda in the open race against Beck on a Ducati along with Holden who is also making his first Irish national road race appearance . |
| 16 | Local boy Lara , making his first international appearance in Trinidad , went to 50 in 49 balls , and finished with 86 from 91 balls , with 13 fours and two sixes . |
| 17 | Now , however , Nietzsche was making his first serious attempt to put into practice the " wholeness " he aspired to . |
| 18 | Palmerston , making his first public utterance on the design of the new Foreign Office , then attacked the Government with what Manners later called ‘ a dashing rattling sort of speech , which the House cheered and laughed at ’ . |
| 19 | Mr Wright , a widower with one son and two grandchildren , was making his first operational parachute drop when he bailed out of an aircraft over Arnhem in September 1944 . |
| 20 | The American , playing his first serious match since April 9 because of tendonitis in his right wrist , lost 5–7 6–2 6–1 to German Carl-Uwe Steeb in the first round . |
| 21 | Bob Monkhouse , best known as a comedy writer and actor for television and radio , and playing his first straight acting role in the West End , as Buddy 's elder brother , Alan , spotted Crawford 's comedy potential and invited him to his home , where they spent an evening reading the play . |
| 22 | Wayne Larkins , who last represented his country eight years ago , scored a century then Angus Fraser , playing his first one-day game for England , took four for 21 . |
| 23 | Then Brian Mooney , playing his first senior game for nearly a year , was dispossessed on the edge of the penalty area and Minto gleefully scored the winner . |
| 24 | Lyndon Hooper another Canadian from the same backwater as was playing his first full game for Birmingham . |
| 25 | The loss of McCoist opens up the possibility of Jess playing his first full international from the start , having been used as a substitute against Italy . |
| 26 | But he gave the lion 's share of the credit for the victory to Snodin , playing his first full 90 minutes for two and a half years after a series of hamstring and knee injuries put his career in doubt . |