21.   He had discussed this throughout his first year but had found no solution.

22.   He spent an indolent first year at Oxford.

23.   He spent his first few years after school travelling the world.

24.   His first year as President was generally regarded as a success.

25.   His first year in business was so successful that John could afford to buy a delivery van with the proceeds.

26.   I flunked all my first year exams.

27.   I would be on trial for the first year, and if I did okay, I would be granted regular status.

28.   In general, during his first year in office, Carter was distressed by Soviet failure to respond to his signals.

29.   In his first year at City College he had taken nothing but remedial courses and the notoriously undemanding introductory black studies course.

30.   In my first year at Hendon School, I had my first taste of corporal punishment.