Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] his first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 2 | Uhmm , I 'm not sure I share peoples convictions that Strachan will be a good manager for Leeds … especially as his first managerial job . |
| 3 | Late in life , Britten thought better of his first operatic venture but , as the time , it made him determined to escape from Auden 's artistic and personal domination . |
| 4 | So in his first inaugural address ( March 1933 ) he asked Congress for " broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency " . |
| 5 | So in his first major speech as leader in parliament he wasted little time on the customary compliments and warned the government that he intended to play hard . |
| 6 | Ten points in five crucial second-half minutes changed the complexion , Rod McCall driving over for his first international try , Roebuck converting then adding a penalty . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm playing for the fun I can get out of it for myself , and not for them , ’ said the five-times Wimbledon champion after a 7–5 , 6–2 defeat by Frenchman Olivier Delaitre in the Nice Open yesterday in his first relevant match of this year 's comeback . |
| 8 | Copsey is nor a dirty player and it would have been tragic had he been sent off in his first international ’ — IEUAN EVANS ( Wales captain ) on the Tony Copsey incident in Dublin against Ireland . |
| 9 | IT 'S hard to believe that Damon Hill is still in his first full season of Formula One . |
| 10 | Jack persuaded Ducrocq to take him up for his first real flight , from that moment Jack knew that speed on the ground was no longer enough . |
| 11 | THE Marquess of Blandford was today waking up to his first full day in London 's Pentonville Prison , facing all but nine hours of it ‘ banged up ’ . |
| 12 | BILL Clinton will fly to Washington today for his first post-election meeting with outgoing president George Bush . |
| 13 | Stewart slotted in well in his first full game and Liverpool should have won by a much bigger margin . |
| 14 | Ryan Giggs is doubtful with an ankle injury and Eric Cantona stands by for his first full game . |
| 15 | James Dean had just arrived there for his first major role , having been brought from New York by the famed director Elia Kazan to star in East of Eden . |