Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun pl] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth writes as if he is a new kind of human being , like Adam naming the creatures for the first time . |
| 2 | Acceptance came when their eldest daughter , Claire , then aged five , expressed her delight at seeing the twins for the first time and said simply : ‘ Oh look Mammy , they 're stuck together . ’ |
| 3 | The Dutchman Jos Lansink , the only rider left with a chance of meeting the conditions for the first Everest Challenge ( which had required him to jump double clear rounds in four specified contests ) , would have collected a Jaguar car if he had won the Grand Prix . |
| 4 | And then world-class backs Martin Offiah , captain Dean Bell and Martin Offiah will surely end the Cumbrians ' run of nine victories and destroy their hopes of reaching the semi-finals for the first time in the club 's history . |
| 5 | The company has just released the Interim Report showing the results for the first half of the current financial year . |
| 6 | Three seminars were recently held for general SVQ co-ordinators from schools , colleges , and other centres offering the awards for the first time in August 1993 . |