Sentence examples for first billing from inspiring English sources

I said, "Jesus, Anna, what happened?" So help me God, this was her answer: "Even in Italy he won't give me first billing".

Neill made her film debut, unbilled, in Mad Youth (1940) and got her first billing in a Henry Aldrich comedy, Henry and Dizzy, two years later.

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (the undefeated boxer had insisted on first billing) was going to be a meeting of two great athletes, each of whom had devoted his life to one of the most gruelling sports in existence.

Given first billing on No1 Court, Li produced a perplexing, scattergun performance to crash 7-6, 7-6 to the world No43, serving poorly and handing her pugnacious opponent victory with a succession of wild errors at crucial moments.

As quoted in the filing, Mr. Rather's contract — which he signed in 2002, and which stipulated he be paid a base salary of $6 million a year as anchor — entitled him to a job as a "full-time correspondent" with "first billing" on the midweek edition of "60 Minutes," should he leave the anchor chair before March 2006.

Dan Pepper draws from the same era, but argues that the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special (or Spezial) Roadster deserves first billing.

It's the first bill I signed.

His first bill for location scouting was $13.42".

This is not the first bill named for the detective.

His first bill in Congress was an anti-busing measure.

The first bill creates the Forest Avenue Business Improvement District.