Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pegasus did n't win their first short corner of the game until the 28th minute , and that was down to Nadine Long , who at times was the only forward prepared to take on the Portadown defence . |
| 2 | And Apple could introduce its first Personal Digital Assistant at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago next month , MacWeek says . |
| 3 | On 4 August , the big band sound of Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra will delight fans , and on 11 August the English National Opera will give its first open-air performance of Madam Butterfly . |
| 4 | That was presumably his stage debut , because although his teacher Marjorie Sturman started the Johannesburg Festival Ballet Society about that time , it did not give its first public performance until the following year , when he was already in Cape Town and unable to get away . |
| 5 | The fourth-seeded Croatian , who took his ace tally for the week to 42 , will contest his first clay-court final since 1990 . |
| 6 | Chris Lysons , Great Harwood 's goalkeeper , will remember her first National League game for different reasons . |
| 7 | He takes part in an invitation event at Crystal Palace and a week later will run his first international steeplechase in America . |
| 8 | Frank Sinatra was rumoured to have enlisted the Mafia to help secure his first major serious acting role ( see The Godfather ) . |
| 9 | However it might be expecting a lot for him to win four races and it could be that Simon Beck , who starred at the TT , will score his first Irish success . |
| 10 | Tomorrow , I would have my first real taste of desert . |
| 11 | Chrysler went to GM-owned Lotus to help develop its first multi-valve engine , although it 's based on an existing Chrysler four . |
| 12 | A GOVERNMENT decision is expected soon on whether Suffolk will gain its first secure unit for young offenders . |
| 13 | I do n't suppose my first real piece for the paper was exactly world-shattering . |
| 14 | The Liberal Democrat MPs , complete with their new faces from Bath , Cheltenham , Devon North and North Cornwall , will hold their first post-election meeting in London on Monday . |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrat MPs , complete with their new faces from Bath , Cheltenham , Devon North and North Cornwall , will hold their first post-election meeting in London on Monday . |
| 16 | Five million West Germans can already receive Eurosport , and 17 million Continentals in all , and this week the company will announce its first simultaneous commentaries in languages other than English . |
| 17 | Following on from the spread on pages two and three , IBM Corp did announce its first Pentium-based machine yesterday , the PS/2 Server 95 560 , which has a 60MHz processor , and support for 128Mb of main memory — the processor board can also be used to give existing PS/2 Model 90 and 95 machines a full Pentium upgrade ; the company also announced a 1Gb SCSI-2 disk which expands internal storage to 9Gb . |
| 18 | SCOTLAND 'S clan MacGillivray will hold its first international gathering there in August . |
| 19 | KENYA will hold its first multi-party elections for 26 years on December 7 . |
| 20 | FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough Football Club Community Officer David Geddis will hold his first half-term soccer school on Monday . |
| 21 | PHILLIP McCallen will make his first Irish road race appearance of the season outside the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix when he rides in the Loughshinny Club 's meeting at Killalane near Skerries on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 22 | Gascoigne will make his first competitive appearance for Lazio against Tottenham in Rome this summer , before returning to White Hart Lane with the Italians to complete a double fixture which could net Spurs £500,000 . |
| 23 | Last month it was announced that Britain will get its first new-wave trams in 1991 . |
| 24 | Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson condemned the new rule that will get its first major exposure in this country . |
| 25 | NEXT YEAR London will get its first radio-controlled buses . |
| 26 | Between November 19 and 22 , the Towner Art Gallery in the High Street , Eastbourne will host its first contemporary art market to help raise funds in order to purchase contemporary art under the Contemporary Art Society 's ‘ Collection ’ Scheme . |
| 27 | Veterans ' debut FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough FC Over 35s team will play their first competitive match against Hull City in the veterans ' professional tournament at Norton Sports Ground , Norton , tomorrow ( 11am ) . |
| 28 | Jonathan Griffiths , the former Welsh rugby union half-back , will play his first full game since September 24 in place of the injured Neil Holding , and Tommy Frodsham could be in contention after recovering from knee ligament damage . |
| 29 | Noguchi did not get his first retrospective exhibition until he was in his sixties . |
| 30 | Later this year the Halifax will open its first European office . |