Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the terminal repeats explain how wandering members of the Alu family might get into a chromosome , what can explain how they came to be wandering in the first place ? |
| 2 | You do n't want to be falling at the first . ’ |
| 3 | He hopes to be challenging for the first team by Christmas . |
| 4 | IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% . |
| 5 | IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% . |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry , is it you or me , but one of us appears to be working in the first person . ’ |
| 7 | Soon the fog of freedom is so thick that it is difficult to remember just what song they were supposed to be playing in the first place . |