Example sentences of "[noun prp] make a [adj] start " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RAF made a promising start and kept up with the French until Sgt Pete Woodward mistimed his landing . |
| 2 | On a day which saw the All-Ireland side go down to England 16-2 , Curran made a strong start in her under 18 confrontation with Kate Warne-Holland . |
| 3 | In Dering Street , Annely Juda makes a strong start to the new year with her first exhibition of new works by Hamish Fulton who has been walking in recent months in Norway , France and Spain ( 28 January-6 March ) . |
| 4 | Gooch and Curtis made a solid start and the deficit was passed for the loss of just one wicket . |
| 5 | Confronted with India 's massive 560 , England made a good start reaching 157 for one . |
| 6 | JOHN Parrott made a flying start to his Benson and Hedges Irish Masters semi-final at Goffs , County Kildare , this afternoon . |
| 7 | Gustavsson made a disastrous start in men 's K1 by falling in and being left behind . |
| 8 | Doyle said : ‘ Stephen made a brilliant start to the season but then we started to receive death threats in early September . |
| 9 | All-Ireland Under-21 champions Tyrone made a convincing start to the defence of their crown when they overwhelmed a poor Monaghan side at Omagh yesterday . |
| 10 | KEEPER Alan Knight pulled off a string of excellent saves as Pompey made a flying start to the international stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup last night . |
| 11 | Fifteen wickets were to go down in all that day , and although Gooch and Robinson made a sound start , once they were separated the procession continued as normal . |
| 12 | COLIN JACKSON made a flying start to his Grand Prix season in Rome 's Olympic Stadium last night . |
| 13 | COLIN JACKSON made a flying start to his Grand Prix season in Rome 's Olympic Stadium last night . |
| 14 | Short made a terrible start in game one when , playing black , he tried the dubious Budapest gambit in an attempt to catch Karpov off guard . |
| 15 | Fowler and Andy Lloyd made a good start , Gower chipped in well , and the rest of the batsmen did enough to see England home by three wickets . |
| 16 | West Indies made a good start and with 132 for 3 at lunch looked ready to blossom . |
| 17 | There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander . |
| 18 | Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred . |
| 19 | Australia made a good start and we were a bit behind the eighth ball after |
| 20 | Derry made a disappointing start — keeper Dermot O'Neill dropped Tommy Byrne 's harmless cross after five minutes , and Tony O'Connor could n't believe his luck as he lobbed the ball into the unprotected goal . |
| 21 | Randall and Brearley made a good start , Gower and Willey pressed on well , and at the end of fifty overs they were on 211 . |
| 22 | ROBERT Dunlop made a marvellous start to today 's North West 200 when he scored an easy win in the 250cc race , even though the contest was spoiled somewhat when two of the favourites Jim Courtney and especially Phillip McCallen fell off . |
| 23 | Mansell made a stunning start to his Indycar career , winning the 65-lap race through the streets of the holiday resort in a record time of just over 1hr 52min . |
| 24 | Griffin makes a fine start |
| 25 | Horsham soon found themselves a goal behind as Abingdon made a tremendous start ; Town won a corner on the left wing in the second minute and Keith Appleton killed the ball into the area . |
| 26 | Leeds made a good start in defence of their men 's title when Stephen Akers won the 1500m freestyle in 15min 37.77sec . |
| 27 | Faldo , at least , improved as his round went on , with birdies at the eighth and 11th , but Woosnam made a fine start and finished badly . |