Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | These epistemological questions are examined in his first book . |
| 2 | He had been defeated at his first attempt in 1685 , and in 1689 petitioned the Commons against Tory violence at the hustings . |
| 3 | He had been foiled in his first attempt to reach it by the arrival of Jos , and ever since it had been impossible to get away unnoticed . |
| 4 | A headhunter for ten years , Kinnaird has just been commissioned by his first female client , which speaks volumes . |
| 5 | But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield . ’ |
| 6 | These experiences are fictionalized in his first novel , The Crust on Its Uppers ( republished by Serpent 's Tail to coincide with the publication of The Hidden Files ) . |
| 7 | ‘ We might even fight Tucker first , but until Lennox 's coronation on January 14 , I do n't expect a firm decision to be made about his first defence . ’ |
| 8 | To give you an example , South African hooker Uli Schmidt will be going on his first tour . |
| 9 | Kevin Maxwell has been appointed to his first job since he resigned as director of Mirror Group Newspapers following the collapse of Robert Maxwell 's business empire . |
| 10 | He had seen beyond the excitement of being approached for his first book ; he already visualised it on the bookshelves ! |
| 11 | Tufnell took nought for 50 from 13 overs , with six boundaries being plundered from his first five overs , as Sri Lanka moved smoothly to 140 for one in reply . |
| 12 | The bowlers then found no difficulty in maintaining the lack of momentum as the second day in Colombo ended with Phil Tufnell again struggling for form , taking nought for 50 from 13 overs , with six boundaries being plundered from his first five overs . |
| 13 | ( ‘ Julian ’ and the hyphenated surname were adopted before his first marriage . ) |
| 14 | Scathach had been telling about his first journey through the wood . |
| 15 | Carson opens up on Gipsy Fiddler in the high speed five furlong dash and Gispy Fiddler 's trainer Jonjo O'Neill is looking for his first win of the season . |
| 16 | MOTOR RACING : DAMON HILL is aiming for his first Grand Prix win in the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend . |
| 17 | Nothing is known of his first wife whom he married c .1730 , but they had two daughters . |
| 18 | He is also a keen writer , having contributed to The Daily Telegraph and is working on his first book , a fictional work based loosely on his life story , which is already attracting interest from Central Television , who may serialise it . |
| 19 | Too much had been vested in his first family . |
| 20 | ITALY 'S La Scala opera house threatened yesterday to take ‘ extreme ’ action against rowdy Milan audiences after Luciano Pavarotti , left , was heckled during his first performance there in five years . |
| 21 | While Dustin was appearing in his first lead role on Broadway , he was filming at the Biograph Studios in darkest Bronx , thirty minutes by limo ( laid on nightly by Twentieth Century-Fox ) from the Great White Way . |
| 22 | Roy , 56 , who has played Alec in over 500 episodes , said earlier this year he was returning to his first love , the theatre . |
| 23 | Five minutes into the second half , the parry was from the boy was looking for his first goal , and it 's picking up the pieces for his second of the afternoon . |
| 24 | His heart was buried in his first wife 's grave in Stinsford churchyard , beneath the tombstone he had himself designed to accommodate both their names . |
| 25 | Bute died at Cardiff Castle 18 March 1848 and was buried alongside his first wife at Kirtling in Cambridgeshire . |
| 26 | He was cautioned after his first offence when he was 13 . |
| 27 | Richards fell on 70 but Best , on his home ground , soldiered on and was rewarded with his first Test century , going on to 164 . |
| 28 | Bishop Daly was speaking during his first interview since suffering the stroke seven months ago . |
| 29 | Richard was expelled from his first school in Cheltenham because his behaviour was too disruptive . |
| 30 | Lean 's realist reputation was enlarged by his first Dickens adaptation , Great Expectations ( 1946 ) but , by the time he came to film the extraordinary expressionist opening to Oliver Twist ( 1948 ) , questions were being asked . |