Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] to [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a developmental point of view this will mean adding to the local varieties used within the family and peer group those varieties used for wider communication ( in school and higher education , in adult work and society ) ; it means adding written language to spoken language , Standard English to non-Standard English , literary language to non-literary language and , for children who have a different mother tongue , it means adding English to their first language . |
| 2 | The accolade came three months after giving birth to her first child , called Isha and she even beat her hairdressing husband , Jason to the title . |
| 3 | LETHAL Weapon 2 star Patsy Kensit , 24 , was celebrating at a London hospital last night after giving birth to her first child , a baby boy . |
| 4 | She was two weeks away from giving birth to their first child . |
| 5 | Johnson was overlooked for the managerial job despite steering Cambridge to their first Coca-Cola Cup quarter-final . |