Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 2 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 3 | Before long England were benefitting from the first of a string of catches dropped by both sides , and their total of 263 was over a hundred more than it would have been had Boycott , Woolmer and Botham not had a second chance . |
| 4 | Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United . |
| 5 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 6 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
| 7 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 8 | McKenzie was fighting for the first time since losing his IBF title to Ulster 's Dave McAuley . |
| 9 | The conditions were appaling in the first half . |
| 10 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
| 11 | The view in this paper is that the sense of disillusionment many people were experiencing during the first year of the war resulted from an over-valuation of man 's nature , and an attempt to deny the reality of death for people one loved . |
| 12 | A second tricky little pattern was appearing beside the first on Alice 's form . |
| 13 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 14 | When a number of us here did a study of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election , where Tony Benn was standing for the first time , and asked constituents themselves what they felt about the broadcast coverage , they repeatedly used the word ‘ bias ’ to describe it . |
| 15 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 16 | Sometimes called the ‘ Jazz Modern ’ style , International Modern was a term coined in the United States to refer to the new architectural style of the twentieth century , which architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius were creating before the First World War . |
| 17 | Miriam was wondering as the first fat drops of rain splashed on the verandah . |
| 18 | Because you , Neil 's already spoken to them about how late th the thing was coming in the first place no and they 've just ignored it ! |
| 19 | The R5 commentators were complaining about the first half saying how rubbish it was — Mike Ingham , the worst scum lover . |
| 20 | It 's a lot of money Well this is that Ian was making in the first place is n't it , product actually |
| 21 | While part of Polly 's brain noted the fresh fragrance of the soap and minty scent of toothpaste , the other part was registering for the first time the significance of plastic-covered grab-rails in the shower cubicle and on the front of the vanity unit . |
| 22 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 23 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |