Example sentences of "his first [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | PETER GABRIEL : ‘ Digging In The Dirt ’ world music benefactor and Genesis escapee releases his first single in five years , produced by Daniel Lanois and taken from his forthcoming album ‘ Us ’ |
| 2 | ‘ On the first stage of his first rally in an Astra he was 19 seconds faster than anyone else . |
| 3 | Writer Tim Hilton , art critic of The Guardian , is a passionate cyclist who saw his first Tour in 1955 and has followed it ever since . |
| 4 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |
| 5 | A ‘ recent French court prototype ’ was adapted to serve Edward 's purpose of commemorating his first wife in a series of cenotaphs . |
| 6 | Curwen 's interest in agriculture probably dated from a long journey through Europe following the death of his first wife in 1778 . |
| 7 | There is a fine monumental effigy of him with his first wife in the church in Charlton , where he was buried 25 July 1598 . |
| 8 | MICHAEL Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , has made his first decision in the new office . |
| 9 | Dick Hansen poses alongside his Kittyhawk immediately after his first solo in her . |
| 10 | Joseph Rank had his first mill in Sproatley and the house where he lived is still outwardly the same , but the mill foundation was removed about 20 years ago when a modern housing estate was built . |
| 11 | Lloyd rode his first winner in this country at Newmarket last Friday and is in England for seven weeks . |
| 12 | Tom Cannon rode his first winner in 1860 , and shortly afterwards came to the attention of the trainer , John Day of Danebury , whose daughter he later married . |
| 13 | on his first assignment in his first week out there . |
| 14 | His first fight in America , against Billy McCarthy , earned him $1,250 . |
| 15 | ROBERTO Duran fed a steady diet of left jabs to Tony Biglen to win his first fight in 18 months at Buffalo , New York . |
| 16 | Lynch ungraciously dropped Wilson early in 1936 before losing his first fight in two and a half years , a non-title match in Belfast . |
| 17 | And it was Francis who handed Eric Cantona his first opportunity in English football in February . |
| 18 | He went to a qualified medical practitioner for his first experience in 1963 and , according to himself , became one of the first people in the country to take the drug . |
| 19 | His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation . |
| 20 | His first experience in magic had been to give a show at the Miners Welfare hall at the age of 11 . |
| 21 | The Bank 's founder , Andrew Drummond , was an established goldsmith who followed the lead of other West End goldsmiths into banking and opened his first ledger in September 1717 . |
| 22 | Arsenal hold the Maceeter trophy but were watched at Wolves last week by Vengloss , keen to impress on his first test in English football . |
| 23 | Richard was expelled from his first school in Cheltenham because his behaviour was too disruptive . |
| 24 | His first triumph in Europe ramins the No 1 aim once he can keep his game together for all four rounds , instead of going off the rails at a crucial stage . |
| 25 | All prize giving afterwards in ‘ 93 ’ the new Vice-President of IBOA , Mr. Ken Doyle [ in his first function in his new capacity ] praised the efficiency and professionalism of the way and the IBOA League was run and thanked everybody for participating . |
| 26 | He was received into the Catholic Church in 1921 ( dropping his first name in favour of Dominic ) . |
| 27 | Michael Caine 's cockney Alfie ( foreign to American ears ) won him his first nomination in 1966 , but he had to play an American to win at last , twenty years later , in Hannah and Her Sisters . |
| 28 | GRAEME SOUNESS was one week short of his first anniversary in charge of Liverpool when the stresses and strains of football management took their heavy toll . |
| 29 | Marking his first anniversary in power , President Ferdinand Collor de Mello announced a National Reconstruction Plan on March 14 , aimed at restoring public confidence in his government 's determination to secure stable economic growth in the medium term , and in its flagging efforts to control inflation [ for March 1990 , February 1991 anti-inflation plans see pp. 37312 ; 38002 ] . |
| 30 | Why he decided to drop three divisions and stay with the club until his first dismissal in 1987 , remains shrouded in slipped fivers . |