Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] their first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was about twelve feet square , furnished with old , antique oak merchandise they 'd bought from a shop in Chichester during their first visit to the place . |
| 2 | The Christchurch Test came alive in a remarkable final session which saw Phil Tufnell bowl England to their first victory in New Zealand since 1977–78 . |
| 3 | Swindon travel to Belle Vue for their first league fixture of the season . |
| 4 | Charlton , although taking the lead against the run of play through John Robinson with their first shot of the match after 26 minutes , finished annoyed that they had failed to record their second successive victory . |
| 5 | ‘ But the fact is that my own mother and father lived in Innes Place in their first house after they were married . |
| 6 | He had spent the week driving back and forth between Blackburn and Southampton where his wife gave birth last Monday to their first child . |
| 7 | First a look at some of today 's main stories in some more detail , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was on his feet in the House of Commons on their first day back after the summer recess . |
| 8 | Yanto had picked him up from his home ten minutes before , and they were now racing down the A38 towards Bristol on their first outing on the bike . |
| 9 | I suspect the left hook with which he floored Ali in their first bout and the controversy aroused when referee Harry Gibbs decided Bugner had outpointed him will remain important entries in British boxing long after the widely-publicised arguments between Eubank and Benn have faded from memory . |
| 10 | With or without Campbell the Blues should have few problems against an Ards side that crashed to a 5– defeat at the hands of Cliftonville in their first TNT cup tie at the weekend . |
| 11 | We are happy to welcome the renowned Musica Antiqua on their first visit to us , to give the first concert of this year 's Festival . |
| 12 | There is a definite spark between Vronsky and Anna at their first meeting and they are affected by each other even if it is just subconsciously . |
| 13 | Macmillan established a personal relationship almost at once with Kennedy at their first meeting at Key West in March 1961 ; and Watkinson renewed the agreement on ‘ interdependence ’ during his visit to the States in May , during which prospects of future Anglo-American collaborative projects were optimistically discussed . |
| 14 | In a nail-biting last game , Lau just edged home in deuce 22–20 to put Pinewood into their first cup final . |
| 15 | The scene suggests a lifestyle familiar to the Franks from their first penetration of Gaul . |
| 16 | JOHN MULVEY corners stroppy head boy GREG ACKELL on their first visit to the UK and gets a mouthful of arrogance , power-tripping and homesickness . |
| 17 | She had disliked Colin since their first meeting ; the relationship , at a glance , had been fixed in the stereotyped antagonism between newly acquired fiancée and slightly disreputable old schoolmate and drinking partner . |
| 18 | The scenes between Hilarion , Giselle , Albrecht and Bathilde are reminiscent of the scenes that develop Tybalt 's hatred of Romeo from the first fight between Montague and Capulet to his discovery of Romeo with Juliet after their first meeting at the ball , and finally to the fight that ends in Tybalt 's death . |
| 19 | He worked at Sotheby 's and , as Louise gushingly pointed out to Constance after their first meeting , ‘ He knows absolutely everybody , darling . |
| 20 | He was to face Linford in their first clash since the Commonwealth Games . |
| 21 | With Rory moving on , England seem sure to have another Underwood in their first side . |
| 22 | The following week saw Mike and Anne at their first dog training lesson . |
| 23 | CBTO 's brief to Ravi Shankar in their first commission was ‘ to create a piece which would be both beautiful and meaningful to today 's audience ’ . |
| 24 | CAPTAIN Martin Crowe scored an unbeaten 91 to lead New Zealand to their first victory over Australia in the five-match one-day series in Wellington yesterday . |
| 25 | As part of the 401st Bomb Group , based at Deenethorpe , Northants , Dan and his crew took Mary Alice to bomb the aircraft factories at Oschersleben for their first mission of the war , on February 22 , 1944. finding the target obscured by overcast , the low box of the 401st bombed the secondary target of Magdeburg . |
| 26 | ( Incidentally , a comment in the Promontoire hut book by the last British party to note their presence a year ago recorded laconically , the rewards for following Brailsford and Collomb in their first choice route to the hut up a series of Grade II chimneys : the last pitch is the drain for the outside toilet ! ) . |
| 27 | Over the years it has received King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ( the present Queen Mother ) after the Coronation in 1937 ; Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 after her own Coronation , and more recently the Prince and Princess of Wales on their first tour in 1981 . |
| 28 | The designer , Sandy Powell , has known Anderson since their first day at St Martin 's when they played truant and headed off to the pub after about 15 minutes . |