Example sentences of "[pron] first game " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Eleven years later it was like a dream come true when I played my first game for the club and he was still in goal . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game . |
| 3 | ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game . |
| 4 | I got four in my first game for Newcastle against Leeds and nine in my first five matches . |
| 5 | ‘ Here I am facing Liverpool in my first game as a fully-fledged Coventry player , so if I can put one over them , it will be the end of a perfect week . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've handled their Tests in England in five different series since my first game back in 1973 , and I 've always got on all right with them . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm back at Spurs , I 'm captain , and my first game is against my former club . ’ |
| 8 | To say that my first game of the new season was out of the ordinary would be a massive understatement — never in 25 seasons of refereeing have I had to learn and interpret 19 law changes and then get to apply them first time up in a game in France between two clubs from England and Scotland ! |
| 9 | My first game was Tottenham at home in 1967 , though I do n't remember too much of it . |
| 10 | Humbled at Sheffield Eagles on Sunday , in their first game after the defeat of Canberra Raiders , they failed to bounce back in the Lancashire Cup last night , losing to a disciplined Warrington side . |
| 11 | Having drawn their first game , against West on Thursday , South need a victory to win overall . |
| 12 | POLO : Argentina , giving a below-par performance , yesterday beat Guatemala 17–5 in their first game in the Limited Handicap World Polo Championship in Santiago , Chile . |
| 13 | The Telegraph commented : ‘ As Sir Alf [ pictured ] watched his team begin their first game together since last November he must have felt like a yachtsman who takes the winter covers off his boat , eases it into the water and finds it has sprung leaks fore , aft and midships . ’ |
| 14 | Before their first game against Darlington in February 1912 , the Northampton squad stayed overnight at the seaside resort of Saltburn , in the grip of winter . |
| 15 | In their first game against PARSS , Partners were unable to control the home team 's floating services which dipped unpredictably and lost the match 3–0 . |
| 16 | PLAYING their first game for 11 days , Heybridge Swifts again found the outcome settled by a single goal . |
| 17 | Leicester continue to blow hot and cold , although one of the reasons they looked a little below par in their first game was because they were playing a Gloucester side that could be a dark horse for the title . |
| 18 | Thanks to Graham Waters of St. Just and Frank Butler ( Cornwall YDO ) the ‘ Mini All Blacks ’ took to the road on 1st December 1991 for their first game against Redruth . |
| 19 | This was their first game , their first attempt to answer the question . |
| 20 | Both teams have lost their first game so a win tomorrow is vital if they want to have a realistic chance of making the play-offs . |
| 21 | Town of course have been hit by the big freeze … this is their first game in a fortnight |
| 22 | In their first game the Transvaal beat them by fifty runs . |
| 23 | This weekend they played their first game there against the London Gators . |
| 24 | The Cherry and Whites kicked off with a win in their first game … more like a romp as they ran in 45 points against Casale … |
| 25 | Oxford United ladies are playing their first game at the Manor … kick-off is at two … next for us is rugby … this weekend Gloucester go to Wasps |
| 26 | Oxford United have their own ladies team this season … they 're in the first division of the National League and this week played their first game at the Manor ground … and the girls done well . |
| 27 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 28 | Last week 's leaders Tynemouth were knocked off their pedestal losing their first game of the season . |
| 29 | Their first game is against Saracens on 13 March , and that is followed by London Irish , Bath and Northampton . |
| 30 | Yes tonight Notts play their second home match in group A of the Anglo-Italian Cup , Pisa provide the opposition with County looking to repeat their handsome victory over in their first game . |