Example sentences of "make [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the reception I made my first major mistake . |
| 2 | Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls . |
| 3 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 4 | We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time . |
| 5 | But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry : |
| 6 | The Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna made her first practical contribution to the improvement of conditions in the countryside when she asked Nikolai Miliutin to tell her how to free the serfs on her Ukrainian estate of Karlovka . |
| 7 | When Hannah made her first public bow , she was constantly in the company of an elderly white cow called Her Ladyship and her love for this awkward beast touched a certain public soft spot — the British are well known for their protective , caring attitude toward animals . |
| 8 | In February 1912 the majority was down to fifty or sixty ; in June the Unionists made their first real attempt to " snap " the government and got the majority down to twenty-two . |
| 9 | This new competition arose out of a battle between banks and building societies which arose when the banks made their first major inroad into the mortgage market . |
| 10 | The European Commission made its first concrete proposal on monetary union . |
| 11 | Hanson made its first big UK acquisition in 1981 when it bought Berec , the maker of Ever Ready batteries . |
| 12 | On Sept. 12 the Revolutionary Justice Organization ( RJO ) in Beirut made its first formal announcement that it was holding British hostage Jackie Mann , kidnapped in Beirut in May 1989 [ see p. 36671 ] , while Islamic Jihad issued a statement welcoming the releases and accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage , Terry Anderson . |
| 13 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 14 | The United States space shuttle Atlantis made its first scheduled landing since 1985 at the Kennedy space centre , Florida , on Aug. 11 , completing a delayed nine-day mission during which a US$120,000,000 communications satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) was launched , and medical experiments were conducted on the effects of prolonged periods in space . |
| 15 | Texas Instruments , the American merchant producer , made its first overseas chip production investment in 1957 ; it chose the United Kingdom because at that time the UK represented the most favourable military and computer market outside the United States . |
| 16 | This made its first public steaming debut at Cheddleton after major restoration work last September , during the successful ‘ Derby Day ’ . |
| 17 | The team was formed just over two years ago under the tuition of Margaret Charlwood and made its first public appearance at Crystal Palace in November 1981 . |
| 18 | THAT PETROL EMOTION , recently dropped by Virgin , make their first live appearances next month since finishing their new LP . |
| 19 | Congratulations and God 's blessing on the children of the parish who make their First Holy Communion this week . |
| 20 | Steel purchase : British Steel has made its first major acquisition since privatisation , buying private group C Walker & Sons , of Blackburn , for £330m . |
| 21 | It devalued the coinage of the pediment and , by inference , cheapened those masterworks of the past in which the pediment has made its first noble appearance . |
| 22 | In February 1943 Wingate had made his first long-range penetration into North Burma , cut the railway in seventy places and crossed the Irrawaddy . |
| 23 | PHILLIP McCallen will make his first Irish road race appearance of the season outside the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix when he rides in the Loughshinny Club 's meeting at Killalane near Skerries on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 24 | Gascoigne will make his first competitive appearance for Lazio against Tottenham in Rome this summer , before returning to White Hart Lane with the Italians to complete a double fixture which could net Spurs £500,000 . |
| 25 | King Mswati made his first official foreign visits in October 1989 , in a three-week tour which began on Oct. 6 in Mozambique where he met President Joaquim Chissano . |
| 26 | Miyazawa made his first official visit to the USA since his election as Prime Minister on June 30-July 2 . |
| 27 | On Nov. 18-20 the President of Russia , Boris Yeltsin , made his first official visit to South Korea . |
| 28 | He made his first professional purchase at the age of 16 , while still at art college , when he bought a plate for two shillings at Preston market . |
| 29 | He was on Philip Randolph 's ‘ March on Washington ’ platform in Chicago , and it was whilst lecturing in Boston that he made his first real contact with the Jamaican nationalist movement and significantly with Norman Manley . |
| 30 | The independent candidate made his first personal campaign appearance on Oct. 25 , in New Jersey . |