Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has received its first order from South Africa : the South African Weather Bureau in Pretoria wants a Cray Y-MP2E supercomputer . |
| 2 | THE Sunday Correspondent has received its first brace of libel writs , with one from Emma Samms over ‘ Fresh evidence widens Eagle Trust scandal ’ in the 1 October edition and another from Jonathan Maxwell Wylie Samuelson , who claims he was libelled in the same article and also in one headed ‘ Payments to Samuelson Jnr ’ in the 17 September issue . |
| 3 | David Feherty , who , like Richardson , has received his first Masters invitation , had much the same experience . |
| 4 | The new status system for racing under SARA rules has claimed its first victim . |
| 5 | Cooksley was 21 last Saturday , Turner is 24 and Bunce has earned his first cap at 30 . |
| 6 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
| 7 | THE golfer Sandy Lyle has won his first contract to design an 18-hole championship course , about 25 miles from Berlin . |
| 8 | Howard thinks to himself that he must write to his children tonight and tell them that he has seen his first angels . |
| 9 | ROYAL decorator Nina Campbell has written her first book . |
| 10 | Terence Stamp has written his first novel |
| 11 | TERENCE Stamp has written his first novel , The Night , to be published in February . |
| 12 | And Gordon has done his first deal with his wife Maggie McKernan . |
| 13 | Mountain View , California-based X-Window System terminal specialist Network Computing Devices Inc has made its first acquisition and has filed to go public with an initial offer of 2.5m shares at between $12 and $14 a share . |
| 14 | Gulfstream Aerospace has made its first sale of a Gulfstream IV business jet to the U.S. Air Force . |
| 15 | The RAF has made its first parachute drops in Britain since fire destroyed sixty percent of the parachutes used by the Armed Forces . |
| 16 | MICHAEL Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , has made his first decision in the new office . |
| 17 | The new Education Secretary has made his first school visit since taking office . |
| 18 | After he has made his first claim for Landor , Pound writes two paragraphs of the sort that have provoked near-apoplexy , because they have not been taken in the spirit that Pound intended : |
| 19 | HOME ALONE star Macaulay Culkin has ditched his first love . |
| 20 | A baby girl who was born sixteen weeks premature and weighed less than a bag of sugar has celebrated her first birthday . |
| 21 | The Caredocs partnership between Cleveland Ambulance and GPs in the county has celebrated its first birthday . |
| 22 | THE man John Cleese once called an ‘ ignorant upstart caterer ’ has celebrated his first anniversary as boss of Granada with a 129% profits increase to £130.2m . |
| 23 | A ROMANIAN baby flown to the NorthEast for a life-saving operation has celebrated his first birthday . |
| 24 | Speaking of kidding , my golden guernsey goatling , Passion , has produced her first kid . |
| 25 | CHELSEA Clinton has had her first taste of what it is to be a president 's daughter . |
| 26 | The Princess Royal Trust for Carers has opened its first carer centre in London . |
| 27 | Object software house Ontos Inc has opened its first concern outside of the US — a UK operation that will be up to eight employees by next month , operating out of Richmond , Surrey . |
| 28 | CHOICE Hotels International has opened its first hotel in Thailand , the Quality Hotel Pinnacle in Bangkok . |
| 29 | This year the Library has used its first grant from the Barbara and James Craig Fund to provide additional books for graduate students , and to support two subjects in particular need : Law and Politics . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , back in Leeds , the Cud fan club has got its first PO box number and the Rev Martin Baker — a one-time member of utterly crap Leeds Punk & Western combo The Buttercookies ( along with a gentleman called Sick O'War and our very own James Brown ) — has a sound idea . |