Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A line creeping forward , and a rabble of men leaving the hatch and hurrying for the first bench place they could find . |
| 2 | Their son , Paul , recently started back there after completing a Whitworth Scholarship at Salford University and emerging with a first class honours degree in electronic and electrical engineering . |
| 3 | If learning to read is regarded as a continual process of making more and more sense of written language , advancing with every reading experience and beginning with the first insight that print is meaningful , then it will be seen that there can never be anything specific for a child to be ready for … . |
| 4 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |
| 5 | Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted . |
| 6 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |