Sentence examples for and secured a first from inspiring English sources

Russell was scampering around the court in determined fashion and secured a first break as Murray was attempting to close out the match to bring the second set back on serve.

Lee Gregory pulled one back but Wes Thomas struck late on as Lee Clark's men ended a seven-match winless run and secured a first away success of the season.

"We've done the first thing and secured a first home win, which was absolutely fundamental to what we needed to do if we want to progress in this tournament, and now we can have a shot at Munster," said Davies, who intends rotating his squad despite being at Thomond Park, one of Gloucester's least-loved grounds and against a Heineken heavyweight smarting from Saturday's defeat by Edinburgh.

Cook, 29, became Test captain following Andrew Strauss's retirement in 2012 and secured a first series win in India for 27 years and a home Ashes success.

And having reached the final of the Bulgarian Open last month, and secured a first ranking semi-final appearance at the Wuxi Classic earlier in the season, Gould is in confident mood.

Even with the casualties, the soldiers fulfilled their orders: they destroyed two bridges and secured a third.

Obama won the popular vote by a comfortable margin and secured a second term in the White House.

She made her way to Central Park and secured a second-row ticket to that night's performance of the Public Theatre's production of "Julius Caesar".

He won his first graded stakes race in 2009, with Wise Dan's half-brother Successful Dan, winner of close to $1 million, and secured a second-place finish in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Mile with Turallure.

She helped set another world record (3 min 52.05 sec) in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay and secured a fourth gold in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay.

Paul Le Guen is satisfied his Rangers players will enter Sunday's Old Firm match in as positive a frame of mind as possible after they sealed the top qualifying position from Group A and secured a second consecutive clean sheet.