Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] his first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while there were crudely economic motives in , for example , sending Hitchcock to reconstruct English and Oriental settings in Italy and Germany for his first film , The Pleasure Garden ( 1925 ) , it did at least show that he was as aware as the Film Society 's membership of the backwardness of British films . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , WBA and IBF champion Bowe has lined up Michael Dokes for his first title defence on February 6 . |
| 3 | Gerry Flynn , who still has not fully recovered from a hernia operation , was thrown into the fray against Ards , as was newcomer Fran Hitchcock for his first game , and they both marked the occasion with a goal . |
| 4 | With Tony Adams suspended , he drafted in David O'Leary for his first game of the season alongside Andy Linighan and Steve Bould in the centre of a five-man defence . |
| 5 | So it will be back to work on the Algarve this week when Payne bids to win the Portuguese Open , a tournament that provided Montgomerie with his first success in 1989 . |
| 6 | Left back John Beresford is expected to recover from a hamstring strain , and if he fails a late fitness test Ray Daniel , impressive on Saturday in his first start for 11 months , will take his place . |
| 7 | On The Other Hand won the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown on his first outing for Richards earlier this month and he should have improved even more since then . |
| 8 | But Emily 's great wish from childhood , confided to her small admirer David on his first visit , is to be a lady , and when her beauty and refinement attract David 's glamorous friend Steerforth , she elopes with him in the hope that he will bring her home a lady . |
| 9 | The NECC 's first initiative , echoed by Nelson Mandela on his first day out of gaol , was to urge all children to return to school . |
| 10 | GERSTNER GOES OUTSIDE IBM FOR HIS FIRST APPOINTEE , PICKING CHRYSLER 's YORK AS FINANCE CHIEF … |
| 11 | In 1971 he moved to Canada , to Dalhousie University , and that same year sailed out of Halifax on board the research ship Hudson for his first field trip to study marine geology . |
| 12 | Otago made a brave challenge , led by Mike Brewer in his first appearance since a series of injuries took him out of the All Black tour of Australia . |
| 13 | In Uganda the nationalizations were to extend to the import and export business , although President Milton Obote in his first presidency was ousted by General Amin before being able to implement the programme . |
| 14 | They have played some great football and it was not more than the team deserved , and was great reward for manager Doug Williams in his first year in charge . |
| 15 | Kurt Weinburg 's evacuation began disastrously but , thanks to his headmaster ( who had already proved his sensitivity by introducing Kurt on his first day to the only other Jewish boy in the school ) , it turned out better than he expected : |
| 16 | And Liberty , which provided Fornasetti with his first outlet in Britain thirty years ago , is staging a selling exhibition in furnishings department from October 2 to November 6 . |
| 17 | Mario … was at Langhorne for his first championship race on the dirt . ’ |
| 18 | Aldaniti was back at Ascot for his first race — over hurdles — in January 1975 and , ridden by Bob Champion , won easily . |
| 19 | Brian Lara was dropped low down at first slip by Wessels off his first ball from Snell , and Keith Arthurton , in his first Test for three years , survived two slip catches off no-balls and another actual chance in his top score of 59 , filled with 10 exciting on-side boundaries . |
| 20 | Scotland have hardly used any back-row moves in their games to date , maybe because they do not want to put extra pressure on Weir in his first season at No 8 , but also because they do not have the same penetration from the base of the scrum as they have done in previous seasons . |
| 21 | Victory over Swansea at the Deva Stadium today would guarantee Barrow and Chester seven points in a week after a defeat at Fulham in his first match in charge . |
| 22 | Hampshire offspinner Shaun Udal took 8 for 50 against Sussex in his first Championship match for two years |
| 23 | But they say the best pilots start young and David Leech will have to wait till August for his first solo . |
| 24 | Harry , director of a well-known Nottingham car hire and sales company specialising in vintage machines , chose the Fouga as his first jet warbird because it seemed the most appropriate aeroplane for his skills . |
| 25 | Wilkinson was accused of being a ‘ cheat ’ by Bristol goalkeeper Brian Parkin after his first goal in an exciting second-half comeback . |
| 26 | Mr Kinnock is not obliged to include Mr McNamara in his first Cabinet but it is widely expected in the province that the Liverpool-born Roman Catholic would assume the portfolio that he has shadowed for more than five years . |
| 27 | Carol Mitchell from the area training department helps out Mark Oyelowo on his first day at the checkout |
| 28 | She slipped , without appearing to notice it , into addressing Derek by his first name and , after some initial awkwardness , he reciprocated . |
| 29 | A principle source of the new enthusiasm was a problem raised directly by the EDC concept itself , a dilemma summed up by Konrad Adenauer on his first visit to the United States in April 1953 , when he said in New York that a European army without a correspondingly unified European foreign policy would be rather illogical . |
| 30 | Walter Kent , the 72-year-old American composer of the wartime song White Cliffs of Dover , came to Britain for his first glimpse of the aforesaid cliffs . |