Example sentences of "his [noun] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | After completing his PhD in ornithology at the University of Moscow in 1966 , he published the Birds of Vietnam , for which he was honoured by his university with first prize for conservation achievement in 1982 . |
| 2 | It was typical of Sam 's chutzpah to get his story in first , to gain sympathy and support , to get Gran on his team . |
| 3 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 4 | Sophie 's heart sank a little as she saw the grim line of his mouth but his eyes at first showed open admiration as they swept over her . |
| 5 | Later he went up to Oxford , taking his degree with first class honours in History . |
| 6 | Some writers worked as independent agents , such as the High Tory , Charles Leslie , who produced his Rehearsal at first weekly , and then bi-weekly , between 1704 and 1709 . |
| 7 | Nazarbayev resigned his post as first secretary and thus membership of the CPSU politburo on Aug. 22 . |
| 8 | On March 22 Saddam Hussein promoted Taha Yasin Ramadhan , from his post of First Deputy Prime Minister to Vice-President . |
| 9 | His aim at first was to produce a body of work which would sell . |
| 10 | ‘ What infinite variety presents itself in this enchanting spot , ’ wrote Abbot in his diary on first seeing it . |
| 11 | To Eddie , the well-being of his ward is his priority at first , but this grows out of proportion until he is blindly obsessed and destroys his relationship with her . |
| 12 | The controversy led to his dismissal as Slovak Prime Minister in April 23 by the Slovak parliament and his replacement by First Deputy Prime Minister Carnogursky , leader of the Christian Democratic Movement [ see p. 38161 ] . |
| 13 | Sir Douglas Lovelock supervises capital assets amounting to roughly £3 billion in his role as first Commissioner and a further £630 million in his capacity as chairman of the CBF . |
| 14 | The baby 's due in August , but the DJ with the most popular radio show in Britain already looks quite at home in his role of first time father-to-be . |
| 15 | Joey did n't recognise his cousin at first , and kept peering along as if to make sure . |
| 16 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 17 | the no profit rule — a conglomerate , when acting as a fiduciary must not make a secret profit from his position without first obtaining the consent of the principal and disclosing the profit ; |
| 18 | He returned the old man 's stare , his expression at first defiant , but then his hard features relaxed into a knowing smile . |
| 19 | The governor expressed his disillusionment in letters to Penn and others : ‘ the hosts of mosquitoes are worse than armed men , yet the men without arms [ are ] worse than they ’ ; and attacked what he saw as Quaker hypocrisy : ‘ each praying with his neighbour on First Days , and then preying on him the other six ’ . |
| 20 | Manfred Drake ( formerly Manfred Drechsler ) remembers how much he missed his mother at first : |
| 21 | He 's been told he can do it legally only if he takes his uniform off first . |