Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] their first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I wondered what chance I had of outstaying Lebanese men who had picked up their first Kalashnikov aged six , or the Vietnamese man who had seen his mother raped before going on to kill his first Cambodian at the age when I was doing my Common Entrance . |
| 2 | The side qualified unbeaten through the top quality round-robin leagues and beat St John Payne , of Chelmsford , in the semi-final to set up their first Championship success . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm tired of reading and hearing about bands who do nothing but slag off their first record , and blame the producer for not getting it right . |
| 4 | FUGAZI , the Washington DC hardcore four-piece , kick off their first UK tour in two years this week . |
| 5 | French warships anchored in Beirut bay and French troops set up their first encampment at Khalde , where Beirut international airport now stands — and where the US Marines were to establish their own doomed military headquarters 122 years later . |
| 6 | In 1968 Gow and Page followed up their first volume by bringing out Hellenistic Epigrams : the Garland of Philip , again in two volumes ; this time Gow was primarily responsible for the 650 epigrams which were either attributed to Antipater of Thessalonica or left over as being either his work or that of Antipater of Sidon . |
| 7 | When Barry and Morna sent off their first £10 ActionAid sent back a personal file on Baindu , and her community , plus a photograph . |
| 8 | Last season 's national finalists Watchorn Alfreton , of Derbyshire , may have left their title challenge a little late this year , but notched up their first victory in three games to jump up two places in the tables with more than a little help from experienced manager Ashley Broomhead . |
| 9 | The stars were often very idiosyncratic in the way they wrote up their first ascents . |
| 10 | They saw — and no doubt often found in their own homes — that this method of buying , if properly used was a godsend to thousands of people , especially to young couples setting up their first home and families moved from old houses or furnished rooms to new estates and towns . |
| 11 | On April 25 UNTAC officials carried out their first inspection of Khmer Rouge territory — two sites north and south of Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok 's headquarters at Anlong Veng in the north of the country . |
| 12 | AFTER the midweek Arbroath avalanche , there was n't a snowball 's chance at sun-drenched Firhill of another crazy scoreline as Celtic picked up their first league win of the season , courtesy of Mark McNally . |
| 13 | AFTER the midweek Arbroath avalanche , there was n't a snowball 's chance at sun-drenched Firhill of another crazy scoreline as Celtic picked up their first league win of the season , courtesy of Mark McNally . |
| 14 | Arsenal picked up their first point in five games against Middlesbrough on Saturday and they face the prospect of a humiliating Coca-Cola Cup exit at Third Division Scarborough tomorrow . |
| 15 | ARTHUR Cox 's £7 million Derby side picked up their first point of the season at the fourth attempt on Saturday . |
| 16 | picked up their first points with a fifty three one o w win over Zimbabwe |
| 17 | Hull , who picked up their first win of the season against Leeds on Sunday , will take an unchanged side to unbeaten Warrington on Sunday , with the Australian Test forward , Noel Cleal , again appearing at centre . |