Example sentences of "[verb] for his first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He goes for his first walk at 10am . |
2 | He had seen beyond the excitement of being approached for his first book ; he already visualised it on the bookshelves ! |
3 | ‘ I ca n't wait for his first day — I 'll spend it in bed . ’ |
4 | Five minutes into the second half , the parry was from the boy was looking for his first goal , and it 's picking up the pieces for his second of the afternoon . |
5 | Well we understand that they 're going to Paul up the front and of course is still looking for his first goal of the season . |
6 | Lee is still looking for his first League goal and admitted : ‘ I 'd love to get it against Charlton . ’ |
7 | Carson opens up on Gipsy Fiddler in the high speed five furlong dash and Gispy Fiddler 's trainer Jonjo O'Neill is looking for his first win of the season . |
8 | The old warrior would have been flattered had he seen the care with which Washington prepared for his first visit . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Still waiting for his first goal since his £500,000 summer move from Rangers , Rideout has been unfavourably compared with the Scots striker who left Goodison for Oldham last year . |
11 | He said mischievously of Saturday 's rival manager Ron Atkinson : ‘ Despite his spells with West Brom , Manchester United , Sheffield Wednesday and now Villa , he 's still waiting for his first League Championship . |
12 | VINNIE Jones returned for his first match of the season and celebrated his comeback after injury with the goal which earned Wimbledon a point . |
13 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
14 | He paid and left for his first call at a dealer 's house in the Place du Bourg-de-Four . |
15 | Kempton usually rode the horse himself ( and had done so ) three weeks before the Liverpool race when Foinavon was last in the Cheltenham Gold Cup — at 500–1 — behind Woodland Venture ) , but his normal riding weight of ten stone ten pounds was way above Foinavon 's Grand National mark of ten stone , and so John Buckingham was engaged for his first ride in the great Liverpool race . |
16 | Ehiogu , who wrote begging letters to clubs after refusing to sign for his first club West Bromwich Albion , will be making his first starting appearance in the Premier League . |