Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pron] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many people do you know who failed their first driving test ? |
| 2 | Lynch , who rode his first winner at Thurles , in Ireland , in 1977 , lists his win in the Vincent O'Brien Gold Cup aboard Nick The Brief as his most important victory to date . |
| 3 | Mlle Adjani , who made her first film , Faustine , at the age of 16 and is best known for The Story of Adele H , is now working on new film projects and promoting Christian Dior . |
| 4 | Lepage 's counterpoint to Cocteau is Miles Davis , who made his first trip out of the United States to Paris in 1949 . |
| 5 | Michael Aspel , who made his first TV appearance in 1957 , hosts The Trouble With The Fifties , an LWT special which revives the decade 's golden moments with vintage clips and an audience of anyone who was anybody at the time . |
| 6 | The crowd chanted for the sacking of Gray , who made his first appearance in several months , and banned all his players from giving press interviews after the game . |
| 7 | The highest frequency was recorded for women who bore their first child ( nulliparous ) at ages 35–39 ( 14 per cent ) . |
| 8 | But now Hughie , a man who built his first craft at the old Whitehall shipyard in 1950 , believes everything is ebbing away from Whitby . |
| 9 | In midweek , Northern Rail ( Mick O'Brien , Jimmy Knowles , Tommy Garner ) came back from a 20 deficit to win 3-2 against Hornby Road Sports , who suffered their first setback of the season . |
| 10 | The new head of the hospital trust is an avuncular ex-admiral brimming with ill-justified optimism , who told his first meeting with bewildered staff that ‘ there was a lot in common between the NHS and the Navy ’ . |
| 11 | As a graduate in psychology from Durham University and a man who played his first game as a senior for Consett , the North-East could claim some part in his making . |
| 12 | Cliff , who scored his first chart hit 34 years ago , says he has no regrets about being single . |
| 13 | ‘ My original recreation was riding , ’ said the amiable grandfather , who recalled his first time on a horse at the age of eight a wooden horse at Middletonin-Teesdale show . |
| 14 | Les , who spent his first training session er in Oxford , spoke to Mickey Unotta afterwards . |
| 15 | ‘ Golf is improved so much all over the world , ’ says Baker-Finch , the Open champion who followed his first round of 70 with a 69 , ‘ and the Aussies have a lot of potential . ’ |
| 16 | The backroom staff might also include the former City stalwart Paul Power , who finished his First Division career at Everton after being signed by Kendall . |
| 17 | The backroom staff might also include the former City stalwart Paul Power , who finished his First Division career at Everton after being signed by Kendall . |
| 18 | From evidence such as this we can build up a picture of a society in which child mortality was common ; in which many of the children who survived their first year none the less died before they were twenty , as was still the case down to the early nineteenth century ; in which a serious famine or an outbreak of disease might rapidly depopulate a whole region — and yet in which the expectation of life of those who passed twenty was probably not sensationally lower than it is today . |
| 19 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 20 | Writer Tim Hilton , art critic of The Guardian , is a passionate cyclist who saw his first Tour in 1955 and has followed it ever since . |
| 21 | Yeah but it 's flashing just as long for those who bought it first time round , is n't it ? |
| 22 | Swindon who won their first point on saturday are at home tomorrow to manchester city … just like old times with Brian Horton back in Central South … so much for football we 've got some new champions to celebrate tonight … |
| 23 | Swindon who won their first point on saturday are at home tomorrow to manchester city … just like old times with Brian Horton back in Central South … so much for football we 've got some new champions to celebrate tonight … |
| 24 | Three of their players , Kabul Zaini ( who won his first cap in Catania at the tender age of 31 ) , Mohd Kuisany and Afandy Nordin , come from the Royal Malaysian Air Force Club , Blackhawk , a regular presence at the popular Singapore Sevens . |
| 25 | The world 's greatest jockey , 57 next Thursday and who won his first Derby on the aptly-named Never Say Die an astonishing 38 years ago , is making a rapid recovery following his spectacular fall from Mr Brooks in the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 26 | Two years ago , Mrs Edwards , who preferred her first name Grace to Mattie , travelled to Israel with fellow church members . |
| 27 | Lucy , who had her first baby , Oliver , three months ago , is still reeling from the impact of the blazing row that exploded when she and her husband drew up their will . |
| 28 | The median years for return to work for the next cohort , who had their first birth between 1975 and 1979 , is estimated to be only 3.7 years . |
| 29 | For example , in the 1946 birth cohort , women who had their first child at age 15–19 went on to produce an average of 2.8 by age 36 , compared to 1.9 children in all for mothers who had their first child between ages 28–30 . |
| 30 | For example , in the 1946 birth cohort , women who had their first child at age 15–19 went on to produce an average of 2.8 by age 36 , compared to 1.9 children in all for mothers who had their first child between ages 28–30 . |