Example sentences of "in [pos pn] first [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 2 | In my first job I was required to wear a suit . |
| 3 | ‘ In my first season I was referee-of-the-year in Chesterfield . |
| 4 | In my first flat I had a very large cupboard that was always filled with things I could never find a use for , or I had forgotten about . |
| 5 | In my first article I wrote of the ingenuity and imagination I saw in children 's play in Asia . |
| 6 | In my first article I explained why there might be special difficulties for parents educated in Asia , as expectations differ . |
| 7 | In her first school she had been considered outstanding at maths , and had obtained six grade As in her nine O levels . |
| 8 | ( 74 ) In her first song she waved away one encroaching photographer who dared approach the throne unbidden … |
| 9 | In her first year she had one of those rare teachers who notices children and treats each one differently . |
| 10 | Early in her first premiership it caused her a moment of acute embarrassment . |
| 11 | Although quiet and demure in her first term she was no goody goody . |
| 12 | In its first weekend it took in $7m . |
| 13 | In its first year it had provided funding totalling ECU621,000,000 for 20 projects in central and eastern Europe , for which an overall total of ECU2,100 million of investment was made ( ECU1=US$1.24065 as at March 30 , 1992 ) . |
| 14 | In its first year it provided training opportunities for more than 4,500 people and invested in a wide range of small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 15 | In his first scene he established an unshakeable authority , which , Charles knew , was bound to strengthen the total collapse of the character in the second act . |
| 16 | Ken did and Jackie promptly produced results : on his first day 's testing he was as quick as Bruce McLaren ; in his first race he won and scored eleven victories in thirteen starts . |
| 17 | He was ordained deacon in 1870 , and priest in 1872 , but in his first curacy he fell foul of both his vicar and his bishop for his heterodox beliefs ; the former asked him to leave the parish and the latter delayed his ordination . |
| 18 | In his first years he developed his interests in stratigraphy of the Chalk and in Pleistocene and Recent deposits , before he was transferred to the Lake District . |
| 19 | In his first round he chose Dr Who as his specialist subject . |
| 20 | In his first experiment he cut from a sheet of mica a normal hour-glass shaped test-piece ( Figure 6(b) ) . |
| 21 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
| 22 | Reagan 's notoriously detached style of management made high-quality staff essential , and in his first term he appears to have been particularly well served by those responsible for ushering his economic policy proposals through congress . |
| 23 | 16.16 In our first Report we proposed two attainment targets for reading for ages 5 to 11 . |
| 24 | 1.23 In our first Report we made only brief comments on equal opportunities . |
| 25 | In our first Report we tried as far as possible to avoid the word ‘ grammar ’ , and to explain how important it was for children to use linguistic terminology . |
| 26 | ‘ When we played St Helens in our first match we had nine players who had never competed together before , ’ he said . |
| 27 | In our first example you are guided by the ideas of " political pressure " or " economic " reasons as a cause and emphasis is given to the latter . |
| 28 | In our first innings I had a last-wicket partnership with Mal Dilley . |
| 29 | Curiously , though , in your first paragraph you hit upon the solution to the problem of too many paintings and too little space . |
| 30 | The special difficulty here is that since relatively little essay structure is signalled by the question itself , in your first paragraph you will have to make very clear to your examiner what shape you are imposing on your discussion . |