Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was eventually put in charge of the twenty people comprising the explosives technical services department and got his first taste of real management . |
| 2 | Brown Brothers Harriman analyst William Milton has followed Dan Mandresh and downgraded his rating on IBM Corp and lowered his first quarter and full-year 1993 earnings estimates : he cut his rating to sell from neutral and lowered his first quarter forecast to a loss of $0.72 per share from a loss of $0.45 , and his full-year estimate to a loss of $1.10 from a profit of $0.35 a share ; he said he made the changes because of sharper than previously expected declines in IBM 's mainframe business and more severe than expected pricing pressures ; he also said that a noticeable deterioration in employee productivity contributed to his revised outlook — productivity has fallen given declining employee morale as IBM struggles to restructure ; ‘ There 's very little a new chief executive can do initially that 's not already being done , ’ he added . |
| 3 | Cardus finished all but one GP and won his first at Le Mans , France . |
| 4 | The Bank 's founder , Andrew Drummond , was an established goldsmith who followed the lead of other West End goldsmiths into banking and opened his first ledger in September 1717 . |
| 5 | Fraser gave ‘ inspiration and encouragement ’ by his talks in chapel , but it was really the Vice-Principal , Dr Kwegyir Aggrey , who stirred up the young student and aroused his first thoughts about nationalism ; though Aggrey firmly believed in partnership between White and Black . |
| 6 | He moved to Lotus the following season and enjoyed his first win at Estoril . |
| 7 | Having become interested in aviation as a teenager , he worked his way up from the workshop floor and designed his first glider in 1924 while still only eighteen , following this with his first powered aircraft , the VVA–3 , two years later . |
| 8 | When Aimar v , Viscount of Limoges , suspected that his wife and his uncle Archambaud of Comborn were having an affair he went to war against his uncle and made his first attack without warning . |
| 9 | The Art Master , Mr. J.T. Stanley , had led archaeological digs to Bakewell for the Sixth Form and organized his first foreign visit to the Pyrenees . |
| 10 | He applied these principles in the Bedfordshire rural scheme and held his first meeting of student groups at Bedford Modern School in 1929 . |
| 11 | After getting a regular drive in the Brabham team , Piquet grew in confidence and ability and won his first race at Long Beach in 1980 . |