Example sentences of "of [pos pn] first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not long after I 'd started the notebook , I became the proud owner of my first pair of binoculars . |
| 2 | Yorkshire is a cold place and I could remember the sensation almost of shock at the start of my first winter in Darrowby . |
| 3 | One of my first articles on machine knitting ( before MKM was even born ) was called ‘ Do n't blame the machine ; it 's the operator that 's at fault ’ . |
| 4 | I did n't feel it was worthwhile to make an effort in England any more if this was to be the result of my first exposure in England since Robert Fraser collapsed . |
| 5 | In the summer of 1979 , at the end of my first year as a history student at Edinburgh University , I , having never been outside Britain , put a pack on my back and , with a great and enduring friend of similar enthusiasm , set out across Europe . |
| 6 | This sees the end of my first year as chairman . |
| 7 | ‘ You , the last remaining of my First Hierarchy of Hell . |
| 8 | One of my first memories as a young boy is of capturing a small bird and carrying it around the village inside my shirt pocket . |
| 9 | When I talk with children I used to coach , who are now working their way up the ladder of older and older age groups , I often think of my first experiences of cross-country running . |
| 10 | One of my first discoveries in the Mexican quarter of the city was Olvera Street , a typical South American thoroughfare , where tourists are encouraged to throw coins into the fountains for good fortune . |
| 11 | I am sensible , indeed one of my first bosses at Js remarked that although I am not qualified in anything , I had common sense which was worth a great deal more to him . |
| 12 | Like that deep trog of a bank manager I went to see at the end of my first term at university . |
| 13 | Shortly before the expiration of my first term at the Housing Corporation in 1976 , I was asked to see Tony Crosland , then the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 14 | One of my first jobs in the morning , when I was not at school , was to sweep out the customers ' part of the shop . |
| 15 | One of my first recollections of the fair was spotting on the Monday evening a toy tool set priced at one shilling on a stall near the Council House ( now called The Guildhall ) . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , New Zealand progressed painstakingly to 139–4 at stumps on the opening day of their first Test against Sri Lanka in Moratuwa . |
| 17 | In May 1989 , after a home league defeat at Derby that seemed to have cost Arsenal the chance of their first Championship since 1971 , I felt as low as it is possible to feel after a football match . |
| 18 | Bruce , who has been inspirational in United 's pursuit of their first championship in 25 years , was guilty of a reckless and needless challenge he will regret . |
| 19 | Most people have vivid memories of their first day at school and their childhood home . |
| 20 | That Banbridge put themselves within touching distance of their first title since 1988 owes much to their battling qualities . |
| 21 | The United manager , Alex Ferguson , discovered last season that there 's many a slip on the way to the championship , and he did n't attempt to conceal the importance of this Old Trafford showdown , with United leading Villa on goal difference in pursuit of their first title since 1967 . |
| 22 | At the end of their first year of study , students may continue with two of their first-year subjects either as major and minor subjects or as joint subjects in the combined courses leading to the award of BA Hons Humanities Combined . |
| 23 | Couples married in the 1930s took six years from the birth of their first child to the birth of their second , and almost ten years from the birth of their first to the birth of their third . |
| 24 | But the Gunners could be out of their first competition by tomorrow . |
| 25 | WISHPLANTS , Northampton-based popblast four-piece , lead up to the January release of their first EP on Absurd Records with London dates at the Powerhaus , Mean Fiddler supporting The Milltown Brothers , and The Bull & Gate . |
| 26 | When the lives of the women were examined in more detail , this finding was explained ; quite often , support at the time of their first contact with the woman was not translated into effective support in a crisis in the follow-up year . |
| 27 | The Gunners travel to Southampton today in search of their first point for a month after two successive Premier League defeats . |
| 28 | ‘ Constanza , ’ Giancarlo said with all the formality of their first encounter before lunch , ‘ allow me to present Signora de Grignano . |
| 29 | There was , indeed , never a day , except when he was away on short holidays , during which he did not spend some time in her company , from the time of their first association in 1919 until her death in 1951 . |
| 30 | Thus now the Germans , after the costly failure of their first series of attacks on the Mort Homme , decided they could proceed no further until Côte 304 was theirs . |