Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [pron] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a shoulder injury for the last three or four games and it 's the last thing you need when you are struggling to score your first goal . |
| 2 | It has been decided the powers that be , are onto the something that you are going to do your first semester exam in June . |
| 3 | Some of the annual subscribers to the infirmary were dissatisfied because they had been asked to pay their first subscription before the building was complete . |
| 4 | The Manchester City marksman is being tipped to win his first cap after surging clear of the pack as the country 's top scorer . |
| 5 | Supporters in the west were asked to give their first preference to Harry West and their second to John Taylor ; those in the east , vice versa . |
| 6 | Hunter are hoping to have their first Channel 32 on the pool at Earls Court . |
| 7 | Following its decision to move into the Unix arena ( UX No 317 ) , Computer Associates International , is angling to get its first batch of Unix-based applications out the door by the end of the year . |
| 8 | A new international competitiveness unit has been set up and is expected to issue its first report shortly . |
| 9 | Lewis is expected to make his first defence against London-born New Yorker Alex Stewart . |
| 10 | Donald , in the West Indies with the South African Test party , is expected to make his first appearance for Warwickshire in the Championship match against Derbyshire at Edgbaston starting on May 7 . |
| 11 | Dr Burney is going to do her first thing . ’ |
| 12 | Also Kerslake is going to play his first game since injury for the reserves in mid-week . |
| 13 | Argentinian Nestor Lorenzo is set to start his first game of the season . |
| 14 | Gudni Bergsson is set to play his first game of the season at sweeper . |
| 15 | THIS year Waterford Wedgwood is set to make its first profit since 1988 and the first of any size since 1986 . |
| 16 | Luton v Chelsea With Elstrup out of action following a cartilage operation , Harford is set to make his first appearance in Luton 's attack for seven months . |
| 17 | A new arts charity initiative , which will provide encouragement and financial support to talented mature music students , is preparing to hold its first event in Scotland this summer . |
| 18 | The only problem I have with all this hectic activity is that the concept of funk-metal should have been buried under 20 feet of hyper dangerous asbestos padding before it was permitted to draw its first breath . |
| 19 | At some point in the summer I was drawn to make my first journey there . |
| 20 | But this time I think he meant excited-nervous because I think he knew he was going to win his first major . |
| 21 | Afterwards I was asked to write my first book , How to Identify Old Prints , intended to be a history and explanation of the various printing processes and a replacement for the Print Collector 's Handbook . |
| 22 | ‘ In 1987 , when I was chosen to fight my first election at Birmingham 's Perry Barr , I was on cloud nine , even though it was a safe Labour seat . |