Example sentences of "be his first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This way they would find out if there were any quirks in the aircraft that could be ironed out before Dick strapped-in for the ride that would be his first solo . |
| 2 | Dick Hansen , like most P-40 pilots-to-be , found that his first ride in his aircraft would also be his first solo . |
| 3 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
| 4 | His brother has never driven a cab before either ; this was going to be his first day . |
| 5 | He had to find all the time he could to write the play , even if it meant neglecting other matters , not least because it would be his first composition since the award of the Nobel Prize . |
| 6 | ‘ It must be his first win bonus for 2 years , ’ Kendall said after the match . |
| 7 | It will also be his first show in a Royal residence , though Balmoral , Windsor and Sandringham are among the subjects of his paintings . |
| 8 | Pearse , the former Wallaby flanker , intends to establish his own sports marketing company and the NSWRU is set to be his first client . |
| 9 | In fact Irina at the cottage door had not been his first sighting . |
| 10 | Stewards said Charlie 's penalty would have been harsher had it not been his first race . |
| 11 | Lord Aldington denied it had been his first thought : ‘ Silence is the right word . ’ |
| 12 | By all accounts , or at least by his wife 's , that had not been his first concern . |
| 13 | He , whose picture Skaller now held in his hand , he had been his first love , his first love and his first passion ! |
| 14 | Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company . |
| 15 | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first refers to his presence under 994 , but this may not have been his first visit . |
| 16 | This , he agreed , would have been his first move had such a case landed on his desk , and he would have talked , too , to the local health visitor . |
| 17 | In returning here he came full circle , back to the room which had been his first glimpse of the Fifth Dominion . |
| 18 | But it is also reminiscent of Cobham Park ( Fig. 12b ) , which had been his first glimpse as a child of the distant houses of the great . |
| 19 | Four months later her killer is still at large and detectives are looking at the possibility that she may not have been his first victim |
| 20 | You see I am very careful in settling the Chronology of his Poems ; such a Genius is a Curiosity ; and one wou 'd willingly know which are his first Productions . |
| 21 | Though for one quite dreadful moment she wondered if , English not being his first language , he had meant that he would lunch with her that day , and not dine . |
| 22 | He was tearing Germany apart and already preparing for war , the Jews being his first victims . |
| 23 | Nor were his first words to her encouraging . |
| 24 | ‘ Have you seen her ? ’ were his first words . |
| 25 | It 's his first film for five years and he told me it 's been creating quite a stir , because of its subject matter . |
| 26 | It 's his first pencil-case , that he had for his sixth birthday . |
| 27 | ‘ Staff in the department all find it highly amusing , particularly as it 's his first act in the job , ’ says a DTI insider . |
| 28 | He 's usually teaching chemistry but it 's his first year of teaching maths |
| 29 | It 's his first cap . |
| 30 | It 's his first mistake — he 'll learn . |