Example sentences of "[verb] the [num ord] british [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DURHAM WASPS ' dream of becoming the first British League team to win a European game abroad ended in a 10-1 defeat here last night after Robert Herckerrath had opened the scoring for Gunco Pandas of Rotterdam in the second minute . |
| 2 | Together , Hunter and McColgan could help achieve the first British team success since the English women 's squad triumphed at Neuchatel , Swotzerland , in 1986 . |
| 3 | STEVE DAVIS might have begun his season behind the other players but he started it in style by capturing the first British ranking event , the BCE International , when beating Stephen Hendry , his most obvious rival , 9-4 at Trentham Gardens , Stoke , writes Janice Hale . |
| 4 | Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape . |
| 5 | The people of Ross on Wye claim the first British balloon flight was over the town on February the 22nd 1784 . |
| 6 | Throughout 1971 and 1972 he remained in Britain 's top three heavyweights , but was overlooked when the BBBC ordered a series of eliminators to decide the next British title challenger . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm on an unfinished mission — to become the first British heavyweight champion this century and bring those championship belts back to England , ’ he said . |