Example sentences of "to [pron] first [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have been at the Crystal Palace too , willing me on to my first AAA Championship title , revelling in the rivalry , matching the best of the youngsters from Haringey . |
| 2 | Maybe I can make it to my first home game in 15 years ! |
| 3 | ‘ But I went back to my first dancing teacher who taught me when I was 12 and it was like five hours of physiotherapy every day . |
| 4 | Cortex Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co have signed a joint marketing and development pact that will see Cortex' CorVision application development tool , previously available only on VAXes , moved to its first Unix environment HP-UX on an HP 9000 Series 800 server : CorVision will be encapsulated so it runs with HP SoftBench Framework ; availability is expected this year . |
| 5 | Mount Fuji , Japan , was the scene of the final act as Japan played host to its first World Championship Grand Prix . |
| 6 | Blenheim Palace has the kind of gardens to intimidate most keen amateurs but it welcomed hundreds of enthusiasts to its first autumn flower show , opened by palace owner the Duke of Marlborough . |
| 7 | When Mr Cod was a puppy , Simon Cowell , the man who signed Sinitta to her first recording deal , bought her a Yorkshire Terrier to keep Mr Cod company . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Speaker , ’ swooned James Paice , a Tory backbencher from Cambridgeshire , ‘ can I first welcome my Honourable Friend to her first question time ? ’ |
| 9 | The monastery 's right to Pallas was challenged by the Lady Garsinde , wife of Bernard le Velu , who declared that the estate had belonged to her first husband Raymond , from whom count Raymond III had taken it by force . |
| 10 | When they met she was happily married to her first husband Laurie Brown , a member of Manchester United 's back-room staff . |
| 11 | welcomed to her first Q.T. day in post . |
| 12 | Writing in the Radio Times in 1930 , the novelist Winifred Holtby , feminist and friend of Vera Brittain , recalled listening to her first football commentary : |
| 13 | She was also prone to frequent and severe migraine headaches , and she had a wheezy chest which had led to her first asthma attack which worried her greatly . |
| 14 | Johnson was overlooked for the managerial job despite steering Cambridge to their first Coca-Cola Cup quarter-final . |
| 15 | SOUTH AFRICAN captain Kepler Wessels yesterday led his team to their first Test victory since 1970 . |
| 16 | I look at his contribution to their first working session . |
| 17 | Since then he has won the Masters , inspired his country to their first Davis Cup victory and added the US Open to a third Wimbledon title . |
| 18 | Stephen and Andy Train on the way to their first 10km bronze medal . |
| 19 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
| 20 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
| 21 | THE PRINCESS of Wales took Prince William and Prince Harry to their first London movie premiere last night — but their awfully big adventure was eclipsed by the thrill for one other boy in the packed audience . |
| 22 | to rugby next and a banana skin called Bath Rugby Club sent Gloucester tumbling to their first league defeat of the season on Saturday … the score twenty nine … nine |
| 23 | Peacock 's strike condemned United to their first League defeat since March . |
| 24 | Molly congratulated the 16 successful candidates at this year 's examination , presented certificates to those who were present and welcomed them to their first training day as qualified teachers . |
| 25 | In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April . |
| 26 | In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April . |
| 27 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |
| 28 | The impetuous young man became infatuated with the dancer Barberoni , was summoned home from Europe , and a ‘ safe ’ marriage negotiated for him in 1749 to his first cousin Lady Elizabeth Campbell , daughter of John , second Duke of Argyll [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | Docherty was betrothed to his first wife Agnes , an unpretentious Glaswegian who he had met in the late '40s at a social club dance when The Doc was an aspiring player with Celtic . |
| 30 | Phil Gelderd praised the list in glowing terms before going to his first Leeds game for years — sadly for him he picked the recent one against Norwich . |