Example sentences of "[to-vb] his first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Soapy decided to go to prison , and at once began to try his first plan . |
| 2 | Nobody would guess from that admirably impersonal account that Milton settled to write his first divorce only a few weeks after the bitter disappointment of his marriage . |
| 3 | As the first years passed , and the courses of lectures did not have to be prepared out of nothing , he sat at the bay window in the sub-warden 's study , looking out towards the cathedral , and started to write his first book . |
| 4 | And yet the process that produces that hoppy , hearty , malty , mellow flavour , that dark ruby gleam and smooth rich creamy head has hardly changed at all since Arthur rolled up his sleeves to mash his first brew . |
| 5 | ITALIAN FASHION DESIGNER Romeo Gigli is about to launch his first fragrance for men . |
| 6 | References in three separate contexts in Ali suggest that the lowest kadiliks of which the hierarchy normally took cognizance were those at the 25 -akce level ; and these would thus seem to be equivalent to the 20-akce medreses in being the level at which a fully-trained medrese student would expect to receive his first appointment . |
| 7 | Sheila 's head tilted back against the rough bark to receive his first kiss . |
| 8 | The funeral service today at the church of St John the Baptist on the edge of the Lonsdale estate is just a week before Louis was due to celebrate his first birthday . |
| 9 | Little Colin Patterson returned to the Jubilee Maternity Hospital with his mum Karen to celebrate his first birthday and to hand over a cheque for £675 to the neo natal unit , where he weighed in at only 2lb 14ozs . |
| 10 | Forget , eager after his long break , was delighted to reach his first semi-final in a Super Series event for three years . |
| 11 | But Hammers debut boy Steve Jones did not allow the Italian storms to dampen his first appearance following last month 's £22,500 transfer from Billericay . |
| 12 | He was about to buy his first Hispano-Suiza , the automobile of kings , which would be driven by a liveried chauffeur . ’ |
| 13 | When Bernard wanted to buy his first boat Laura was faced with an interesting conundrum as she was still frightened of water , could not swim and felt appallingly seasick on any small craft . |
| 14 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is set to play his first UK dates since the Tunnel Of Love Tour stopped off at Wembley Stadium in 1988 . |
| 15 | Gudni Bergsson is set to play his first game of the season at sweeper . |
| 16 | Also Kerslake is going to play his first game since injury for the reserves in mid-week . |
| 17 | Taylor has already pencilled in Gazza to play his first match for England in the World Cup qualifier against Norway next month . |
| 18 | Lastly , David O'Leary is due to play his first comeback game for the reserves this week . |
| 19 | Ian Ferguson will return to play his first league match since injuring a hand against United on 5 January . |
| 20 | Mansell already had a record nine victories for the year when he allowed Ricardo Patrese to win his first race of the season . |
| 21 | ROBERTO Duran fed a steady diet of left jabs to Tony Biglen to win his first fight in 18 months at Buffalo , New York . |
| 22 | But this time I think he meant excited-nervous because I think he knew he was going to win his first major . |
| 23 | The Manchester City marksman is being tipped to win his first cap after surging clear of the pack as the country 's top scorer . |
| 24 | Stevenson , likely to jostle only with Jimmy Kirkwood as Garvey 's Player-of-the-year , ought to win his first Ulster senior cap against Munster on Friday night . |
| 25 | Helmut Bradl has yet to win his first GP but he surely does n't have long to wait . |
| 26 | Watts withstood a tremendous charge from Taiwan 's Chen Tse-chung to win his first title by just one shot on 274 . |
| 27 | Forrest plays for the reserves tonight and will welcome the match practice as he has been unable to win his first team place back from Clive Baker . |
| 28 | With Fangio retiring after the 1958 French Grand Prix the way was surely open for Moss to win his first world title . |
| 29 | However , Oliver managed to draw his first breath , and then announced his arrival to the rest of the workhouse by crying loudly . |
| 30 | In one of the most enthralling finishes seen at a European Tour event this season , the 33 year-old Mancunian held his game together , coming down the stretch , to record his first Tour triumph in the European Open at Walton Heath . |