Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] their first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week 's leaders Tynemouth were knocked off their pedestal losing their first game of the season . |
| 2 | Her son was married , her daughter-in-law expecting their first baby and she did n't know what to say next . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |
| 4 | Naas Botha and his team play their first international in England since 1969 — and it could be their last in a long while . |
| 5 | The Telegraph commented : ‘ As Sir Alf [ pictured ] watched his team begin their first game together since last November he must have felt like a yachtsman who takes the winter covers off his boat , eases it into the water and finds it has sprung leaks fore , aft and midships . ’ |