Sentence examples for a first shot at from inspiring English sources

He calls the list "a first shot at fantasy fund-raising".

In return, the unions insisted that American workers get a first shot at open jobs, and they secured an agreement that the number of incoming lower-skilled workers would be set based on need.

fter a first shot at comedy in which he was so visibly nervous that the audience started chanting "Iz knees are knockin!" he went back to the drawing board, inventing a character to play at a gong show in Glasgow.

But this time only one contestant, a singer called Cyndi, is taking a first shot at fame.Mr Hawkins is also up against Brian Harvey, the lead singer of boy-band East 17 in the 1990s, who is now fit again after falling out of his Mercedes and driving over himself in 2005.

However this time the England 'five-eighth' is a regular fixture in Craig Bellamy's side and in the frame for a first shot at a Premiership medal.

The 36-year-old, who also won before the Masters but ended tied 40th at Augusta, began with five straight pars after starting at the ninth before dropping a first shot at the par-four 14th.

Not many toys get a second shot at success.

And I have a second shot at it".

For Walden, the film is a second shot at an education-reform movie.

"If we could get a third shot at the plate, we could get the audience back.

The prospect of taking a second shot at the Lions was all the incentive Smith needed.