Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the deadly striker 's 11th goal of the season — he also scored both when the sides drew 2-2 in their first meeting at Villa Park . |
| 2 | I noticed that on my first visit to Kinghorn . ’ |
| 3 | It was , though , a gesture that was pretty much in character , for he never lacked confidence from the moment he scored 156 in his first county match for Sussex . |
| 4 | Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease . |
| 5 | Rumour has it that Stevo ( below ) signed some of his first acts , including Soft Cell , while standing on his head . |
| 6 | He followed this with his first official act , which was to reduce the annual salary of the president from $225,000 to $175,000 . |
| 7 | After being baptised in the hands of Henry Spalding , Joseph spent much of his first seven years at the Lapwai Mission , where Eliza Spalding 's growing band of helpers gave academic and religious instruction . |
| 8 | STEVE Richardson birdied three of his first six holes to take the outright lead at 10 under par in the second round of the Lancia Martini Italian Open at Modena today . |
| 9 | He finished sixth in his first Grand Prix , the South African , but enjoyed his first win later in the season when he won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza , and eventually finished the championship in third place . |
| 10 | She was an illegitimate child who spent most of her first six years of life in a darkened room with a deaf mute mother . |
| 11 | Then again SCUM lost 2 of their first 3 ( drew the other ) last year … |
| 12 | They have been stuck in North Division One for three seasons and lost five of their first six matches this season until four victories put them in mid-table . |
| 13 | We decided one of our first things we had to do was decide on a sequence of construction for these tanks . |
| 14 | Stuart grabbed two in his first five matches before getting hurt , including one that is a contender for BBC TV 's ‘ Goal of the Month ’ award . |
| 15 | Roy Coyle , who watched two of his first team squad sustain fractured legs over a five-day period last week , made a bold move into the transfer market on Thursday and signed former Sunderland midfielder , Paul Lemon for an initial period of a month . |
| 16 | started working and he got one of his first pay packets he went out and bought a box of Sugar Puffs |
| 17 | I was very impressed by the care and attention I received in labour and the concerned approach of the consultant and all the junior staff to things that I felt wrong with my first delivery . |
| 18 | He totalled 98 on his first professional outing , which included a 10 at the eleventh . |
| 19 | Liz , like a pale convent girl too long mewed up , went wild in her first year , as she discovered the world of parties she had hitherto known only by reading and by hearsay : in those days , such was the imbalance between the sexes , women were much in demand as status symbols , as sleeping partners , as lovers , as party ballast , and Liz went out a great deal , her appearance improving dramatically as she did so . |
| 20 | It is perhaps worth mentioning and passing on through SMT that the Partnership Sub Committee of the National Committee discussed this at their first meeting and made the following points ( reflected in the Minute of SCAC 19th March 1991 ) . |
| 21 | Railways were unlikely to threaten that target but , just in case they harboured any ambitions to get close , Fraser removed three of their first four batsmen for 10 runs in the space of 22 deliveries . |
| 22 | It was reported in the Times Educational Supplement that Ferndale Comprehensive School in Mid-Glamorgan issued all of its first year pupils with free uniform and sports clothing . |
| 23 | On 5d. a day , he earned 4/3 in his first month . |
| 24 | They were comfortably beaten by Leicestershire on their Championship debut and will plainly find it hard to bowl sides out , but against that they won four of their first five one-day matches and indicated they could be serious contenders for a trophy . |
| 25 | I got four in my first game for Newcastle against Leeds and nine in my first five matches . |
| 26 | I think she had two-thirds of her first album composed or in her head when she was with us . ’ |
| 27 | She had three to her first marriage . |
| 28 | Mr Hill , appointed chairman this week , said one of his first moves would be to separate management of the company from Bond Corp , which is struggling under huge debts . |
| 29 | Mr Major sounded chilly in his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister , Yitzhak Shamir , and Mr Hurd was rudely snubbed during his visit to Jerusalem in October , after the Temple Mount killings . |
| 30 | They 'll miss him , like they missed many of their first team players who 're saving themselves for a vital league game next week . |