Example sentences of "[vb infin] his first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I do n't know his first name , but he was a consultant in some hospital in Carlisle and he ran a backup laboratory near Langstone in Cumbria . ’ |
| 3 | but I do n't know his first name . |
| 4 | A Toraja boy desires his own fighting cock just as longingly as a youngster might desire his first motorbike in the West . |
| 5 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 6 | Ironically , it would be Cats that would eventually bring his first marriage to an end . |
| 7 | He has run 165 marathons , 76 half-marathons , nine 61-milers , 13 30-milers and 13 25-milers — and he did n't do his first marathon until shortly before his 60th birthday . |
| 8 | Fell in love with the Duke of Athens ’ sweet little widow , and tried to get rid of the Patriarch of Constantinople when he would n't let him divorce his first wife . |
| 9 | Think of the actor suffering from stage-fright who can not remember his first line . |
| 10 | The little battler , whom doctors feared might never see his first birthday , has been beset by almost continuous infections and his condition has worsened . |
| 11 | Although it does have lower , lower power than his first test , right , but if you ca n't calculate his first test then it 's the best thing to use . |
| 12 | Unlike Baker , who rushed from capital to capital at a frenetic pace , Christopher , 67 , will spend his first morning in a leisurely tour of the pyramids . |
| 13 | If Mr Khan prefers to be called Mr Khan , do n't use his first name just because other residents are happy for you to use theirs . |
| 14 | A refinement was therefore suggested , namely that he should keep his first wife and merely add a second . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , if it is doubtful that a patient will keep his first appointment , or if more information about his home circumstances is required , it may be helpful to start therapy at home and continue in outpatients . |
| 16 | Thus while Deryck Fox can celebrate his first call-up since 1986 , it is only with the knowledge that he will be discarded if Gregory is passed fit . |
| 17 | I did not return to work until was 18 months so I was able to see him cut his first tooth , take his first step and many other monumental firsts . |
| 18 | In his book Anglo-Saxon England ( Cambridge 1970 ) Peter Hunter Blair wrote ( p.370 ) : ‘ The novice should take his first steps … with the aid of the Anglo-Saxon Primer by H. Sweet ( 9th edition , revised 1953 ) … [ then with ] An Introduction to Old English by G.L. Brook ( Manchester 1955 ) … and for a dictionary A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by J.R.C. Hall . ’ |
| 19 | People got bored watching little Johnny take his first steps ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He can improve again and take his first Group prize . |
| 22 | He can improve again and take his first Group prize . |
| 23 | Before he could take his first step into the water he saw the fish . |
| 24 | Griffin 's next bout is tonight against the German champion Siegmund Franke , who won his first round contest 13–0 and Belfast 's World bronze medallist Damien Kelly will have his first fight of the championships . |
| 25 | Cricket By TIM WELLOCK GARY Wigham , Durham 's top bowler on the tour of Zimbabwe , will have his first taste of first-class opposition this weekend . |
| 26 | BUDDING jockey Richard Painter will never forget his first turf winner after a hair-raising experience on 13–8 favourite Dodgy Dancer in the Bilborough Apprentice Maiden at Nottingham . |
| 27 | He 'd never forget his first experience of Waimea : ‘ It was 25 March 1974 — a late spring swell , clean and perfect . |
| 28 | Mr David Mellor will end his first day as Heritage Minister under pressure to launch an inquiry into the future of the BBC . |
| 29 | NIGEL BENN will make his first defence of the WBC super-middleweight title against Welshman Nicky Piper at London 's Alexandra Palace on December 12 . |
| 30 | NIGEL BENN will make his first defence of the WBC super middleweight title against Welshman Nicky Piper at Alexandra Palace on December 12 . |