Example sentences of "his first appearance " in BNC.

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1 In ancient Greek myth Harlequin made his first appearance as Hermes ( or Mercury ) , the messenger of the gods and himself the god of all animals and travellers .
2 Perhaps , though , Wilson was merely distracted by the fact that , during his first appearance , he briefly disappeared before returning partially superimposed on a map .
3 Graham Chapman , who died on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of his first appearance in the show which made his reputation , travelled along ( and to a certain extent pioneered ) that now orthodox route to celebrity .
4 MARCO VAN BASTEN , in his first appearance since a cartilage operation last month , scored a first-half hat trick as AC Milan beat Pro Patria 6-0 in a friendly last night .
5 Brian Moore , the Lions hooker , makes his first appearance of the season - having rested since the tour of Australia — for Nottingham at Northampton .
6 Trainer in form , Josh Gifford , introduces a potentially high class recruit to the chasing ranks in French Goblin ( 1.0 ) , who makes his first appearance over fences in the Cokethorpe Novice Chase .
7 MARTIN LIVESEY , the Richmond fly-half , will make his first appearance for the South-West in the Toshiba Divisional Championship match against the holders , London , at Imber Court on Saturday , writes Robert Armstrong .
8 The pressure on the Richmond fly-half , Martin Livesey , who makes his first appearance for the South-West , will also be significant .
9 Luton v Chelsea With Elstrup out of action following a cartilage operation , Harford is set to make his first appearance in Luton 's attack for seven months .
10 In the Wantage Novice Chase Richard Green 's smart hurdler , Decided , makes his first appearance over fences .
11 There is little argument that , other than by the Augusta book , Tom Kite — the world 's all-time leading money winner , twice runner-up in the Masters , with only two cuts missed since his first appearance in 1976 , one of them last year — should have been in .
12 Colin Montgomerie , a British Ryder Cup player last year , who was also making his first appearance , had a 72 but David Feherty , who played steadily for 12 holes , ran up a seven at the 13th and had to settle for a 73 .
13 The weather and the course were at their most benign as Fulton Allem , of South Africa , made himself at home on his first appearance at Augusta .
14 Donald , in the West Indies with the South African Test party , is expected to make his first appearance for Warwickshire in the Championship match against Derbyshire at Edgbaston starting on May 7 .
15 Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later .
16 He made his first appearance for Northampton Town at the age of 15 in a London Combination match with QPR and while he was with The Cobblers he was spotted by Tom Bromilow , a former Palace manager , who was then with Leicester City .
17 For example , on his first appearance in the 2nd Division for us , against Blackpool at The Nest on 22 October 1921 , he hit the single goal that gave a weakened Palace side victory , he got another one the following week in an excellent 3–1 win at Blackpool which was our first away from home in the higher division , then returned to Selhurst the next Saturday and headed the goal that disposed of Clapton Orient in a rugged London derby .
18 Harry was a little diffident to begin with , but he soon settled down and made his first appearance for Palace at outside-right when he came into the side for season 1922–23 on 30 September at Leicester .
19 But Hammers debut boy Steve Jones did not allow the Italian storms to dampen his first appearance following last month 's £22,500 transfer from Billericay .
20 He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival two years ago with his much-acclaimed ‘ What If Dolphins Talk Shit Too ? ’ and this summer he returned to play eight sell-out nights at the Assembly Rooms ' main theatre ( sponsored not by some Australian lager but by Stella Artois ) .
21 But manager Graeme Souness lifted the Anfield gloom by pledging John Barnes would make his first appearance in almost six months during tonight 's televised clash with QPR .
22 MITCHELL THOMAS makes his first appearance of the season for West Ham at Peterborough today , replacing suspended skipper Julian Dicks .
23 Captain Gary Mabbutt , who hopes to make his first appearance of the season after injury , said : ‘ The game may be only a friendly but there is a lot of prestige involved .
24 Republic of Ireland left-back Steve Staunton is struggling with a knee injury and Bryan Small is standing by to make his first appearance of the season .
25 Christie , set to make his first appearance on British soil in Friday night 's Lucozade meeting in Sheffield , said : ‘ I 've heard the suggestions about facing Lewis .
26 Otago made a brave challenge , led by Mike Brewer in his first appearance since a series of injuries took him out of the All Black tour of Australia .
27 BOBBY BROWN makes his first appearance in the UK for over three years in London at HMV , Oxford Circus , on Monday October 5 at 5.30pm .
28 As such he is a natural verse-speaker , as we see from his first appearance ( I.ii.321ff. ) and from the soliloquy cursing Prospero during the storm ( II.ii.1–17 ) .
29 Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease .
30 Making his first appearance in goal will be Richard Wright of the Thurleston High School .
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