Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] his first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 2 | Ciaran Fitzgerald brought in Rob Saunders , not only for his first cap but as captain in that Championship last season . |
| 3 | Brian Swan was first to the ball when Townsend 's penalty came off the right-hand post and Swan was also in support of the stand-off when he touched down for his first try . |
| 4 | Brian Rose was brought in for his first home Test and promised he would attack the bowling ; he was as good as his word and made 70 , but 33 from Gatting was the only other contribution as the last seven wickets went for 24 in fifty-two minutes . |
| 5 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 6 | Oxford crammed the midfield and brought keeper Paul Reece in for his first game of the season … he was made to work overtime as newly promoted Bolton chased their first league win … |
| 7 | Oxford crammed the midfield and brought keeper Paul Reece in for his first game of the season … he was made to work overtime as newly promoted Bolton chased their first league win … |
| 8 | There 'll be a change in defence tomorrow Kevan Smith is in for his first game |
| 9 | Striker Don Goodman is rated as doubtful with a recurring groin injury , and if he has to stand down again Hawke is likely to come in for his first game of the season probably as a partner for ex-England and Boro man Peter Davenport . |
| 10 | Here Lewis chipped in with his first contribution : ‘ What about shipping them all off on one of these circular tours you know , on the buses ? ’ |
| 11 | The converted midfield player marked his 25th birthday with the 51st-minute opener and Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 12 | Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 13 | To avoid losing his temper the Marshal said it himself along with his first question : ‘ It was the morning that it snowed … ’ |
| 14 | He worked on the buses when he arrived , showed me a canopy in front of a hotel that he 'd brought down on his first solo drive . |
| 15 | Bruno 's promoter , Micky Duff , urging Lewis to cash in on his first defence with a summer clash at Wembley stadium , said : ‘ That kind of money puts Frank in a very solid position . |
| 16 | There was little debate about the penalty , which Saunders converted comfortably for his first goal in nine matches . |
| 17 | Part of Gould 's collection sent from Sydney shortly after his first visit to New South Wales only narrowly escaped being lost when it turned up in a warehouse that Gould happened to visit in Adelaide . |
| 18 | Montag returns home just after his first meeting with Clarisse to discover his wife has taken an overdose of sleeping tablets . |
| 19 | After a routine check just after his first birthday we were told that Cameron is quite normal . |
| 20 | Soon after his first brush with ravens he had seen buzzards like Woil in the distance . |
| 21 | And young Gareth Davies was a whisker away from his first goal . |
| 22 | By moving away from his first mate , the male prevents the female from assessing his true status until it is too late for her to do anything about it . |
| 23 | Already in his first novel , Boccalone ( 1979 ) , widely recognized as the best to come out of the youth movement of the late 1970s , Palandri had shown an extraordinary ability to create sufficient space for his characters , ‘ enrico ’ and ‘ anna ’ and their friends , to speak for themselves without being overwhelmed by the surrounding clutter or by the pretensions of ‘ literature ’ , pretensions from which the narrator keeps his distance : ‘ I do n't want to make big speeches , I never did when I was with anna and I was better off ; I just want to recount incidents and let the rest come out of that , if there actually is anything ’ ( Palandri 1979 : 124 ) . |
| 24 | Friends drove him away to his first night of freedom in twenty months . |
| 25 | He 's through to his first World Longtrack final … where he 'll be lining up against the best speedway and grasstrack riders . |
| 26 | He is playing Concertos that are not in the popular mainstream , and in the case of the Viola Concerto , not on his first instrument . |
| 27 | Jim went off for his first day at work in a mood of tender incredulity , still unable to stop smiling . |
| 28 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 29 | A boy came home after his first rugby game with a broken nose , a torn ear and three loose teeth , but he could n't remember who they belonged to . |
| 30 | If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter . |