Example sentences of "be [verb] [v-ing] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the Fothergill Fountain can be seen regaling the first president 's achievements . |
| 2 | The second page will then be displayed showing the first mail message you selected . |
| 3 | The second page of the option will then be displayed showing the first page of the first mail message in the list . |
| 4 | The Middlesbrough fans were returning from clinching promotion at Wolverhampton and the York-based Leeds Utd supporters were celebrating winning the First Division championship . |
| 5 | Statistics were anslysed using the FIRST statistics package ( Serious Statistical Software , Willaston , South Wirral ) . |
| 6 | Only Fontwell survived but the course must pass a 7.30am inspection if it is to avoid becoming the 27th casualty of the season . |
| 7 | At last just as she was contemplating getting the next bus home he arrived . |