Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I also predict Rocky to get a first team start BEFORE Christmas …
2 Baker did well apart from losing possession for the Saints ' third goal while Wark earned a first half booking for a challenge on Banger .
3 In Dering Street , Grob gives a first exhibition to Danny Moynihan ( 12 May–20 June ) , who was seen at the gallery in a mixed exhibition two years ago .
4 Jim Wells has a first degree and postgraduate qualification in town planning .
5 I think we might see Frank get a first team run on his return .
6 Although there was some confusion between their maps and descriptions of the peak , Knox-Johnston , Bonington and Greenland expert Jim Lowther made a first attempt on the peak on 11–12 August .
7 Nigel Cramer got a first telephone report from Bedford in the mid-morning , long before the written record arrived .
8 The Wall-Paintings of Thera provides a first opportunity to see all the excavated frescos .
9 Hendry pocketed a first prize of £110,000 , took his unbeaten run in the tournament — since 1989 — to 20 matches and claimed the antique gold trophy for keeps .
10 This was on the basis of continued strong earnings growth throughout the recession , with Wolters Kluwer achieving a first half jump of 39% in after-tax earnings and forecasting a 20% rise for the whole of 1992 , and Elsevier predicting a rise of 16% for the full year .
11 Taylor Woodrow reported a first half loss before tax of £16m ( v £25.3m profit ) ; its dividend has been cut from 1.86p to 0.5p .
12 Benn makes a first defence of his newly-won title against Nicky Piper of Wales at the Alexandra Palace on December 12 .
13 AT&T reported a first quarter net loss of $5,641m after a $7,020m charge for the accounting change on post-retirement benefits , and a gain of $383 for a tax accounting change , against a profit last time of $883m on turnover up 2.2% at $15,719m .
14 It was reported in August that a ship had left for France to collect a first consignment [ see ED 62 ] .
15 Over the next eighteen months , James Roose-Evans compiled a first draft based on her autobiographies and her prolific letters .
16 Normally , if you want nothing more than a passage anchorage , Dale , down near the entrance , will serve very well , but we felt Neyland merited a first visit , and thanks to going there we had this early morning enchantment of seeing ships , great and small , going about their work .
17 And Keegan hands a first team debut to his latest discovery in the Anglo-Italian Cup in Bari today — 17-year-old midfielder Richard Appleby .
18 In Admiral [ later Admiral of the Fleet ] , George Lord Anson , Pitt had a First Lord of the Admiralty after his own heart , a resolute professional who had been a captain at 27 .
19 from Knapton becomes a first aid ‘ victim ’ for his father , , in the Fancy Dress .
20 Saatchi & Saatchi announced a first half profit before tax of £11.1m , compared with a loss of £32m in the same period last year .
21 Asda announced a first half profit before tax of £54.8m ( v £68.8m loss ) which was helped by exceptional gains of £8.7m ( v provisions of £78.9m ) .
22 We 've all said Oxfordshire offers a first class education service .
23 Pilkington reported a first half profit before tax of £15.1m ( v £50.6m ) .
24 Team captain Murphy grabbed a first half hat-trick and added a fourth 15 minutes from the end to make it a great day for the Derry boys .
25 What is more , the journey via New York and Los Angeles included a first leg of the marathon journey on a British Airways Concorde , where I enjoyed that extraordinary experience of arriving in Manhattan — thanks to the five hours time difference — more than an hour before the 10.30 am departure time from Heathrow .
26 Allegations have been made by players from Valenciennes that they were offered bribes to let European and national champions Marseille win a first division match on May 20 .
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