Sentence examples for first taste of action from inspiring English sources

Nelson had his first taste of action in the Indian Ocean.

It was hardly the company's first taste of action in Iraq, where it has operated almost since the first days of the occupation.

Ejilu, who started playing football with a ball made out of paper, cloth and string, will get his first taste of action with his team Don Victorious FC at 3pm.

The rudimentary training he received, coupled with sporadic anti-English bullying from the Scottish troops and NCOs, in no way prepared him for his first taste of action, retreating in disorder through France, ending up with a shambolic evacuation of his regiment from Cherbourg late in June 1940, after the French army had surrendered, and several weeks after Dunkirk.

"It was their first taste of action in the war," said Mr Cornish.

"It's good for the players to get a first taste of action," added Wilder.

In the postgame locker room, he and his fellow undrafted linebackers, Max Gruder, Rico Council and Jerrell Harris, were all wide-eyed from the adrenaline rush of finally having their first taste of N.F.L. action.

The world No 1 practised here on Monday, barely 24 hours after his victory in the French Open, and had his first taste of competitive action on Tuesday evening, partnering Marc Lopez to a 7-6, 6-2 first-round doubles victory over the Brazilians Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa.

The roars got louder still as Paul O'Connell came on for his first taste of summer action, and although Peter Horne's penalty edged Scotland ahead on 60 minutes it was soon followed by some sumptuous combinations involving Madigan that led to Zebo and Fitzgerald's tries that sandwiched Horne's own five-pointer.

His first taste of league action comes at home to Borussia Monchengladbach.

"Getting my first taste of senior action here in the final two games has certainly whetted my appetite," said MacGillivray.