Example sentences of "[pron] first serious " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 2 | NIGEL AND ELEANOR HAD THEIR FIRST SERIOUS QUARREL A FEW months later . |
| 3 | Probably most of those surviving were reasonably active , as they would die rather quickly when they succumbed to their first serious illness at this stage of life . |
| 4 | A contingent headed for Plymouth and met their first serious resistance at Trematon Castle by Saltash , held for the King by Sir Richard Grenville . |
| 5 | Then , when Ollie reached about 18 months of age , out of the blue , they had their first serious fight . |
| 6 | Among the 800 hardened athletes in St Clements yesterday were four students from Buckingham University … they 've set themselves the goal of running the New York Marathon to raise money for charity … this was to be their first serious test . |
| 7 | The drug now faces its first serious contender in omeprazole , made by Astra , a Swedish firm . |
| 8 | THE Chicago Board of Trade , the world 's largest futures exchange , was slapped by the past this week when its chief regulator lodged its first serious complaint against the exchange , over an episode that took place three years ago . |
| 9 | The administration of President George Bush was subjected to its first serious alarm concerning the 66-year-old President 's health when , on May 4 , Bush was hospitalized after developing a rapid and irregular heartbeat . |
| 10 | The latter victory was also somewhat remarkable as Cordwell , who is ranked one place above Reggi in 19th , was playing her first serious singles match since a back injury forced her out for the game almost six months ago . |
| 11 | LOUISE STUART faces her first serious test of the summer track season in the Northern Championships at Blackpool this weekend having completed her final exams at Newcastle Polytechnic yesterday . |
| 12 | He did , however , make a brief appearance in Scouseland this summer for the premiere , and so far only , performance of his ‘ Oratorio ’ in the Anglican cathedral , his first serious musical work since Rupert and the Frog Song . |
| 13 | By the time he and Norman strode out to try to win the 1986 British Open , Bender had been caddying for eighteen years , having picked up his first serious bag when he was 18 years old . |
| 14 | It was not surprising that the initial source of inspiration was the breakdown of his first serious relationship , a subject to which he would later return with regularity . |
| 15 | It was , in one sense , his first serious test of character . |
| 16 | On the death of his grandfather in 1938 Keyes was inspired to write his first serious poem ‘ Elegy ’ . |
| 17 | When those techniques have been mastered , the student is ready to make his first serious destruction attempt . |
| 18 | Now , however , Nietzsche was making his first serious attempt to put into practice the " wholeness " he aspired to . |
| 19 | It was n't until three minutes into the second half that Mark Brennan forced Everton keeper Neville Southall into his first serious save of the game . |
| 20 | Neville Southall into his first serious save of the game . |
| 21 | On a more serious side , he wrote an acclaimed autobiography A Clown Too Many and his first serious novel Time Before Genesis . |
| 22 | The American , playing his first serious match since April 9 because of tendonitis in his right wrist , lost 5–7 6–2 6–1 to German Carl-Uwe Steeb in the first round . |
| 23 | By June 1980 we were ready for our first serious collecting trip . |
| 24 | Our first serious engine problem was in Amman , where King Hussein , an avid pilot , had offered all rally pilots free maintenance . |
| 25 | ‘ When we got our first serious analysis from the system in January 1992 , there was a minor panic at the amount of sick days reported , although it was not quite so bad when we analysed the figures further and found that one employee 's long-term sickness was affecting the averages . |