Example sentences of "taking [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they do this , trusting in God 's help , inching forward like a baby taking its first steps , a sense of reality will return to their faith as well as their lives . |
| 2 | It was probably that prediction which persuaded Diana to call in Penny after taking her first overdose . |
| 3 | HOLLYWOOD beauty Michelle Pfeiffer is taking her first holiday in TEN years . |
| 4 | He had sat opposite her , watching her while she ate , making an extravagant moue of distaste when she suggested that he share it , but staring at her with a concentrated , almost angry , satisfaction ; rather , she thought , as a mother might watch a convalescent child taking her first mouthful . |
| 5 | Jan , who starred as an actress in theatre and musical comedy before taking her first casting job with Prisoner : C Block H , smiles when asked how she approaches star spotting . |
| 6 | I also visited the Sadlers Wells Ballet , sitting up in the gallery with friends for one shilling and sixpence in old money and watching the Corps open up before us like the flowers whose waltz they were dancing , and that talented new ballerina Miss Margot Fonteyn taking her first curtain calls . |
| 7 | LEARNER-driver Jackie Richards , 39 , of Gloucester , is taking her first lesson — a 900-mile trip from John O'Groats to Land 's End for charity . |
| 8 | She hopped all the way home , arms wide and waving as if she was taking her first lesson in tightrope walking . |
| 9 | All beginners are required to master the first kata before taking their first grading examination . |
| 10 | TIP : When Koi start taking their first protein food , feed them some pellets treated with oxolinic acid in a concentration of 5gm per kilogram . |
| 11 | Killeen were runners-up , taking their first prize since their promotion to Grade 2 , and last year 's Ulster champions , The Tamlaght O'Crilly ‘ A ’ set were third . |
| 12 | After taking his first degree , he stayed on a further two years to do an MSc . |
| 13 | She felt about as poised as a baby elephant taking his first steps , she thought miserably . |
| 14 | He became seriously ill shortly after taking his first job in a surveyor 's office . |
| 15 | Across the globe in that year , 1962 , 21-year old Richard Neville was taking his first step into journalism , editing the University of New South Wales student paper , Tharunka . |