Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOE MONTANA has taken his first steps towards an NFL comeback — by imitating Randall Cunningham . |
| 2 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 3 | Aamir Sohail had reached his first Test fifty with some bold strokeplay , and Malcolm had amused with a double misfield at mid-off . |
| 4 | Mr McWhirter had had his first two periods free , as usual , the timetable being constructed around Mr McWhirter 's convenience and preferences . |
| 5 | Brian Deane has scored his first goal at Elland Road ( thank god ) and hopefully it will be the first of many — he does tend to have a hand in the build up to many of our goals but really he was bought to SCORE the bloody things . |
| 6 | Finally , the television presenter Leslie Crowther has taken his first steps since being injured in a road accident . |
| 7 | HOME ALONE star Macaulay Culkin has ditched his first love . |
| 8 | Asif Mujtaba had made his first Test half-century and seemed quite settled , while England will have felt apprehensive about Salim Malik after he was spared at 22 by Gooch at slip , low and to his left , off Lewis . |
| 9 | Howard Wilkinson declared himself satisfied with Leeds ' pre-season progress so far , and was especially pleased that Deane had got his first goal . |
| 10 | MIDDLESBROUGH striker Paul Wilkinson has finished his first season at Ayresome Park as leading scorer with 24 League and Cup goals . |
| 11 | THE golfer Sandy Lyle has won his first contract to design an 18-hole championship course , about 25 miles from Berlin . |
| 12 | Salisbury had had his first bowl , though not from the usual legspinner 's end . |
| 13 | And Gordon has done his first deal with his wife Maggie McKernan . |
| 14 | However , Oliver managed to draw his first breath , and then announced his arrival to the rest of the workhouse by crying loudly . |
| 15 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 16 | Cooksley was 21 last Saturday , Turner is 24 and Bunce has earned his first cap at 30 . |
| 17 | At Anstey 's Cove , Mark Campbell has produced his first two routes . |
| 18 | Despite pressure from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party , Mr Kaifu managed to keep his first two cabinets free of politicians who had been implicated in either the Recruit scandal or the earlier Lockheed bribery case . |
| 19 | By the time it was all over , Norman had done his first mix , a poppy version of Eric B and Rakim 's ‘ I Know You Got Soul ’ which sampled The Jackson Five 's ‘ ABC ’ with a typical lack of concern for cool . |
| 20 | In the same year , 1955 , Khrushchev had got his first close view of his adversary , Dulles , at the Geneva summit conference , passing notes to Eisenhower who , Khrushchev decided disapprovingly , was letting Dulles do his thinking for him . |
| 21 | Bessmertnykh had paid his first visit to China on March 31-April 2 . |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday manager Trevor Francis has rejected his first approach and told Ferguson the England striker is not available … unless the bid is one he simply ca n't refuse . |
| 23 | Apart from having limited time to try and spread the gospel about the tournament in its magnificent venue , if , as should have happened , Jimmy Connors had played , if John McEnroe had survived his first round , if Pat Cash had looked better prepared and if , as certainly should have been the case , Jeremy Bates had taken the opportunity he had to upset Wimbledon quarter finalist , Thierry Champion , the whole picture may have looked so different . |
| 24 | Charles wanted to call his first son ‘ Arthur ’ and his second ‘ Albert ’ , after Queen Victoria 's consort . |
| 25 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 26 | Six hours from the start , in a wide lush valley , Fusil had placed his first checkpoint . |
| 27 | Not yet past the lunch hour , and Erlich had had his first argument of the day . |
| 28 | When Bernard wanted to buy his first boat Laura was faced with an interesting conundrum as she was still frightened of water , could not swim and felt appallingly seasick on any small craft . |
| 29 | The young Irish writer Colum McCann won last year 's Hennessy award , and now Maggie McKernan has bought his first book of short stories for Orion 's Phoenix House imprint for publication in the autumn . |
| 30 | Nobody would guess from that admirably impersonal account that Milton settled to write his first divorce only a few weeks after the bitter disappointment of his marriage . |