Example sentences of "of his first [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curwen 's interest in agriculture probably dated from a long journey through Europe following the death of his first wife in 1778 . |
| 2 | ‘ On the first stage of his first rally in an Astra he was 19 seconds faster than anyone else . |
| 3 | GRAEME SOUNESS was one week short of his first anniversary in charge of Liverpool when the stresses and strains of football management took their heavy toll . |
| 4 | The words drew on his memory of a secret meeting he had gone to at the end of his first year in Glasgow . |
| 5 | It was a sweet way for Crosby to celebrate the end of his first year in the Sunderland hot seat . |
| 6 | Venezuelans elected Mr Perez in 1988 with fond memories of his first presidency in the 1970s , a golden era to which he promised a return . |
| 7 | Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man . |
| 8 | Before he can set out the book reaches a savage climax as a night bivouac comes under heavy bombardment with rockets and mortars : the violence , noise and confusion are captured , as is the terrifying helplessness which contrasts with the circumstances of his first wound in action during an armoured charge under gunfire . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This was just five days after his seventeenth birthday , and in the first weeks of his first term in Cape Town , so there was cause for excitement . |
| 11 | It also suggested that he would be permitted to remain as leader until the completion of his first term in October 1991 , and would possibly achieve a second two-year term . |
| 12 | By the time of his first visit in 1779 , there had been a county gaol in the town for over two centuries but although the building he visited was only thirty-three years old he was very critical of the facilities it provided . |
| 13 | Three putts took him back to par , continuing the story of his first round in which he hit 16 greens in regulation but missed seven putts inside 8ft . |
| 14 | It became more difficult with the birth of his first son in 1990 . |