Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 34 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
| 35 | ‘ I told them I was leaving after the first gig and it was this bloke from Dik Dik Dimorphic who was going on at me saying that I should n't leave . |
| 36 | We were in Verbier in March 1990 with our two sons aged 9 and 11 , both good skiers , and a daughter of 4 who was skiing for the first time . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Even while he was working on the first draft of the poem , he was writing to Martin Browne about all the engagements ahead . |