Example sentences of "made [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 | 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 . |
| 19 | Miyazawa made his first official visit to the USA since his election as Prime Minister on June 30-July 2 . |
| 20 | On Nov. 18-20 the President of Russia , Boris Yeltsin , made his first official visit to South Korea . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The independent candidate made his first personal campaign appearance on Oct. 25 , in New Jersey . |
| 24 | Then the Frenchman made his first telling touch after 12 minutes . |
| 25 | On April 25-27 former King Michael made his first successful visit to Romania since his forced exile in 1945 [ for his expulsion in December 1990 see p. 37922 ] . |
| 26 | On Jan. 17 at the French Institute on International Relations in Paris Kohl made his first major speech abroad since presenting his 10-point plan for a German confederation on Nov. 28 [ see pp. 37025-26 ] . |
| 27 | In 1926 he built studios at Elstree and made his first tentative move into production with The Woman Tempted . |
| 28 | In 1891 Mr Holden ( he was knighted in 1909 ) made his first significant move when he negotiated the acquisition of the Central Bank of London for £469,000 . |
| 29 | That September the President made his first significant move to provide military equipment to the British government . |
| 30 | The relaxed atmosphere of the sixth form was exploited to the full by Gedge and he made his first naïve steps into a political arena , ones that ended at the school 's perimeter fence . |