Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | down in Division three hereford are still searching for their first league win of the season … tonight they 're at home to Wycombe … on saturday they went down to Lincoln … the score 2-1 |
| 2 | down in Division three hereford are still searching for their first league win of the season … tonight they 're at home to Wycombe … on saturday they went down to Lincoln … the score 2-1 |
| 3 | Gloucester rugby club could do with some better aerodynamics at the moment … the cherry and whites are still searching for their first win of the season … they 've a club game tomorrow against Cardiff at Kingsholm … |
| 4 | in the premiership Swindon are still searching for their first win … |
| 5 | United are still looking for their first away points of the season … the search should end at London Road |
| 6 | United are still looking for their first away points of the season … the search should end at London Road |
| 7 | Despite two good performances to date , Wirral Ladies are still looking for their first win in the Ladies County Championship . |
| 8 | Mosley , who are still looking for their first win of the season were dismissed for 93 , Wilmslow reaching 95 for the loss of 4 wickets . |
| 9 | They have undertaken an independent training course and induction programme , and are now preparing for their first meeting . |
| 10 | Another example , I 'm afraid , of the impertinence of conductors in supposing that composers who had second thoughts were necessarily hankering after their first versions all the time . |
| 11 | ORRELL , the North 's only representatives in the Courage First Division , who are anxiously looking for their first League win of the season , can take some comfort from the news that Les Cusworth will not be around to torment them when Leicester visit Edge Hall Road on Saturday week . |
| 12 | The new company is already working on its first major contract , worth £20 million , to rebuild the country 's naval base . |
| 13 | Lee is still looking for his first League goal and admitted : ‘ I 'd love to get it against Charlton . ’ |
| 14 | Well we understand that they 're going to Paul up the front and of course is still looking for his first goal of the season . |
| 15 | He said mischievously of Saturday 's rival manager Ron Atkinson : ‘ Despite his spells with West Brom , Manchester United , Sheffield Wednesday and now Villa , he 's still waiting for his first League Championship . |
| 16 | Mr Peter Bergg , aged 47 , is also running in his first election although he has previously stood in Sedgefield district council elections . |
| 17 | A voter who gives a first-preference vote and a second-preference vote to Fianna Fail candidates and a third-preference vote to a Fine Gael candidate is really asking with his first two choices that Fianna Fail should win the election and with his third that Fine Gael should prevail . |
| 18 | Not content with writing for magazines Vanessa is currently working on her first novel , a humorous look at xxxxx xxxxx . |
| 19 | At sixteen , having taken her Higher School Certificate , she was already preparing for her first MD examination . |
| 20 | The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine . |