Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [prep] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CUMMINS Engine , the U.S. diesel engine maker with a plant in Darlington , claims it should be returning to profit in the first quarter of this year . |
| 2 | The area north of Bedford House , which itself was just north of the Green , consisted of orchard and market garden land , so Mr. Carr 's idea led to the area of Bedford Park becoming known as the first Garden Suburb , with three principal architects designing the buildings , Norman Shaw , E.W. Godwin and E.T . |
| 3 | Short , left-handed and aggressive , he was an opener who hit the ball extremely hard , played every shot in the book with great relish and was always looking to attack from the first ball . |
| 4 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 5 | This makes it important to use the airbrakes to ensure that you cross the upwind boundary very low as though you were attempting to land in the first part of the field . |
| 6 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 7 | Experiments assessing the difference between the sleep achieved on successive nights in the laboratory have shown that there is indeed some evidence of difficulty in getting to sleep on the first night . |
| 8 | They should be playing the Beatles or the Rolling Stones , and they should n't be getting married in the first place — modern people did n't . |
| 9 | But we do n't need to do any blood tests if you 're fine , you 'll be delighted to hear , having checked in the first place . |
| 10 | Should we not be suspicious of postmodern critiques of the ‘ subject ’ when they surface at a historical moment when many subjugated people feel themselves coming to voice for the first time … . |
| 11 | Lendl 's 6–2 7–6 second-round defeat to Black , after a first round bye , was the latest blow to the 33-year-old 's faltering career , having lost in the first rounds of the French and Australian Opens already this year . |
| 12 | Having lost in the first round to Sarah Lochrie , 7–5 , 6–4 , she then fought her way back into the tournament to beat Jasmine Choudhury 7–5 , 6–3 in the semis and Felicia D'Amelio 2–6 , 6–4 , 6–4 in the final to take her first national title . |
| 13 | This contrasts with developmental dyslexia which is an impairment , possibly congenital , in learning to read in the first place . |
| 14 | Mr Reilly , a veteran conservationist , scored early by helping to push through the first revision of the clean-air law in 13 years . |
| 15 | Though they 've slipped up lately , there is still hope that the Premier League will end up in the hands of the sort of club that the likes of Arsenal , Everton and Manchester United were trying to exclude in the first place . |
| 16 | I was a trifle concerned to see abseiling featured in the first section of your A–Z of Outdoor Activities supplement . |