Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] their first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything is falling into place for United 's winter push towards their first title in 26 years . |
| 2 | Second , about one-third of untrained new entrants should have the opportunity of an additional year 's training on the same scale as they receive in their first year ; together these might lead to a formal qualification . |
| 3 | A quarter of Peruvian children die before their first birthday and those who survived , it seemed , learned early not to expect anything ; there were never any toys . |
| 4 | Unless there is a cock-up against Costa Rica , who they meet in their first match , Andy Roxburgh 's team should reach the second phase . |
| 5 | He holds pubs in thrall to his Welsh past — the stories which would be told afresh for a lifetime now emerge in their first edition — and his childhood , far from seeming a ball and chain in this airy court of privilege , glowed into a magic kingdom to match any of them . |
| 6 | The most common mistake that bands make on their first recording session is to be underrehearsed . |
| 7 | Maghery 's Dermot Forker is the only survivor from that game , and his vast experience should be vital as his colleagues bid for their first county championship . |
| 8 | Unfortunately the outbreak of the War restricted their entry into service , and the new sun saloons which were delivered between August and October , got little use in their first season . |
| 9 | They are experiments , for instance , that our undergraduates do in their first year here , tailored down very , very severely to act as demonstration experiments for these children . |
| 10 | QUEEN 'S are going on the offensive as they prepare for their first season of All Ireland league rugby . |
| 11 | LADIES ' soccer : Kate Esden 's goal four minutes from the end brought two points Colchester United Falcons way against Luton Town reserves in a match disrupted by a blizzard.The 1–0 win ensures them of at least a runners-up spot in their first season in Division Two of the Women 's FA Eastern League.The League 's plate competition takes centre stage this Sunday as the Falcons travel to Stalham Seahawks , Norfolk , and the Eagles entertain Hemel Town at Alderman Blaxill School , Shrub End ( ko 2pm ) . |
| 12 | A sizeable proportion — the Americans , Canadians , Australians , New Zealanders — have as their first language the most supranational of all tongues , English . |
| 13 | I had merely discovered what your pupils discover in their first term when they read Descartes . |
| 14 | But little of all this results in rational or systematic debate about what people should study during the three or four years that lead to their first degree . |
| 15 | We have explored a general , if somewhat schematic , framework which allows us to analyse rather than simply describe what undergraduates are taught during the three or four years that lead to their first degree . |