Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Glasgow 's Joe Kelly , the British bantamweight champion , will fight Dane Johnny Bredahl for the European title after making the first defence of his crown against Drew Docherty of Croy on April 27 . |
| 32 | Bates , on the other hand , relaxed after claiming the first set 6–1 to lose the second 6–0 and found difficulty in mentally recharging as the 25 year old Swede took his opportunity to achieve a career best performance to reach the final . |
| 33 | That was 12 years ago , and after winning the first race that I entered between Sudbury and Bures in a non-racing canoe , I had caught the bug . ’ |
| 34 | Brothers Peter and Dave Grundy from Willaston should rename their boat ‘ Mr Cool ’ after winning the first day and taking a major prize on the second day at Wexford Harbour . |
| 35 | In his famous ‘ Minuet in G ’ Beethoven introduces a third sentence ( after repeating the first two ) which seems to belong to a different world , yet is perfectly apt : On the other hand , often a ‘ contrasting section ’ is made from existing material , creating a feeling of newness and freshness despite the apparent repetition . |
| 36 | One , after watching the first two films , was hunched at the end of a row , asleep and snoring . |
| 37 | Barnes confirmed his growing fitness after missing the first half of the season . |
| 38 | I tried to restore my word processor program and the hundred or so files , but after restoring the first disk , the program stopped , giving the error message , ‘ Unable to find path ’ . |
| 39 | Squadron Leader Christopher Tingay , from R-A-F Lyneham , has been awarded the Air Force Cross for piloting the first relief flights into Sarajevo . |
| 40 | CD 's notes for writing the first instalment of Hard Times reveal that the object of his satire here was ‘ Marlborough House Doctrine ’ and ‘ Cole ’ , i.e. Henry Cole ( 1808–82 ) , civil servant and one of the main organizers of the Great Exhibition of 1851 . |
| 41 | Having the added bonus of a symbiosis with Richard Martin , but with the advantage of handling the first few episodes himself , Barry 's memory is of an intensely creative period in the weeks before his first studio session on ‘ The Daleks ’ . |
| 42 | Projected profiles consist of drawing the first section completely , while parallel sections behind the first are only drawn in so far as they project above earlier sections ( Fig. 9.17 ) . |
| 43 | Pete 's starting to sing kind of mumbling the first two lines and all of a sudden she goes on christmas day . |
| 44 | DURHAM WASPS ' dream of becoming the first British League team to win a European game abroad ended in a 10-1 defeat here last night after Robert Herckerrath had opened the scoring for Gunco Pandas of Rotterdam in the second minute . |
| 45 | Neil Jenkins , the Wales and Pontypridd outside-half , contributed 19 points as his team 's 35–15 win ended Cardiff HSOB 's hopes of becoming the first junior club to reach the semi-finals . |
| 46 | Couples 's task was made all the easier by a sad collapse of Craig Parry , who had led after three rounds but flinched , it seemed , from the prospect of becoming the first Australian to win the Masters . |
| 47 | He lost , thereby achieving the distinction of becoming the first person in history who could be proved to have failed his degree . |
| 48 | The South Wales Cricket Association XI came within a raindrop of becoming the first British team to meet South Africa during their tour of Australia and New Zealand . |
| 49 | For the players of Torpedo Moscow will not only be fighting for the honour of becoming the first side to beat Manchester United in a European tie at Old Trafford . |
| 50 | Maginn spent the rest of his life as a dedicated missioner in Belfast , where in 1888 he had the pleasure of becoming the first superintendent of the Mission Hall for the Adult Deaf and Dumb which was opened that year by Miss Wilhelmina Frederick . |
| 51 | In the Cup Winners ' Cup quarter-finals , Monaco 's hopes of becoming the first French league club to take a European title were boosted when drew 0–0 at Roma , who were booed off the pitch . |
| 52 | Meanwhile , Sally Gunnell yesterday outlined her dream of becoming the first British woman to win a unique ‘ grand slam ’ of major championship gold medals . |
| 53 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 54 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 55 | Two methods of resolving the first problem are : |
| 56 | This is a very useful way of gaining a first impression of a program and other teachers or school librarians may be present who have used the software in class and have evaluated its use . |
| 57 | The honour of establishing the first postwar economic arrangement belongs to Benelux , a grouping of Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg . |
| 58 | The Lord President also made the following observation in relation to the consequences of sustaining the first ground , 1959 S.C . |
| 59 | Organising your essay in advance changes the process of writing a first paragraph . |
| 60 | At the time of writing the first cycle of review and reporting by Oxfordshire 's schools is now virtually complete and a second cycle is planned . |