Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 2 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 3 | He himself claimed to have been present at the battle of the Boyne , as a private soldier in King William 's army ; later he deserted from the Royal Regiment of Dragoons ( Scots Greys ) when serving under the first Duke of Marlborough [ q.v. ] in Flanders . |
| 4 | Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term . |
| 5 | If he moves into an enemy then he is engaged in hand-to-hand combat and must fight in the following hand-to-hand combat round ( he counts as charging in the first round as is also the case with magically induced movement ) . |
| 6 | The Bridge of Ice may be used to move friendly troops into hand-to-hand combat , in which case they may fight from the following combat round and count as charging in the first round . |
| 7 | Unfortunately these two categories overlap , whilst those temporary workers ( or those who are giving proxy answers for them ) who are unsure of the precise nature of their temporary employment are also more likely to describe themselves as falling into the first category . |
| 8 | Suffice it to say here that a payment which is large in relation to salary is unlikely to be viewed as falling within the first category . |
| 9 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |