Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month sees the TOP Programme completing its first 18 months of operation . |
| 2 | Charlton , who yesterday named an unchanged Republic side following their first training session in Vilnius , said : ‘ If it is the three players who I have watched four times give excellent performances for Lithuania , then I will be delighted . |
| 3 | Charlton , who yesterday named an unchanged Republic side following their first training session in Vilnius , said : ‘ If it is the three players who I have watched four times give excellent performances for Lithuania , then I will be delighted . |
| 4 | The Type II disease occurs in yearlings , usually in late winter or spring following their first grazing season and results from the maturation of larvae ingested during the previous autumn and subsequently arrested in their development at the early fourth larval stage . |
| 5 | The following year both the Industrial Welfare Society and the Institute of Directors held conferences on retirement preparation , with the Preparation for Retirement Committee holding its first national conference in 1963 . |
| 6 | So taboos may exist which prohibit social intercourse between a man and a young girl having her first menstruation , or between females and a young male who has just reached puberty , because there is strong unconscious , or even conscious , desire to have sexual relations with the girls or boys ( incest ) . |
| 7 | A fifteen-year-old girl having her first baby is twice as likely to live at the poverty level than a nineteen-year-old first-time mother . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Action-packed thriller receiving its first showing on British TV . |
| 10 | We know Koresh started work because the computer disk containing his first chapter survived the fire . |
| 11 | Another highlight will be the Chilean Air Force 's Halcones aerobatic team making their first British tour since they exchanged their Pittses for Extra 300s . |
| 12 | Pearson , the media group which owns a 17.5pc stake in BSkyB , dipped 3p to 514p despite the satellite broadcaster reporting its first full-year of operating profits . |
| 13 | Pearson , the media group which owns a 17.5pc stake in BSkyB , reversed earlier falls to go 2p ahead to 518p despite the satellite broadcaster reporting its first full-year of operating profits . |
| 14 | A young farmer 's wife having her first batch of butter er rejected . |
| 15 | This can occur with the mare having her first foal . |
| 16 | Last week 's leaders Tynemouth were knocked off their pedestal losing their first game of the season . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | TIP : When Koi start taking their first protein food , feed them some pellets treated with oxolinic acid in a concentration of 5gm per kilogram . |
| 19 | The seven-year-old started last season winning his first novice chase at Uttoxeter and by April had landed the Scottish Nationalan extraordinary performance for a first season steeplechaser . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , in Canada , people are this month receiving their first taste of subscription TV . |
| 21 | Even Johnson ( 1982 ) , who untypically devotes a whole chapter to Japan 's ‘ developmental state ’ , changes to ‘ government ’ on the page following his first mention of the ‘ state ’ . |
| 22 | It sounded promising to a young man seeking his first practice , and he bought it . |
| 23 | Her son was married , her daughter-in-law expecting their first baby and she did n't know what to say next . |
| 24 | Sitting back on her seat , she relaxed as the engine started and the long , low open canal boat passed under the first of the very low bridges which spanned the narrow waterways , and tuned in her ear to the English commentary being given by the boat 's guide , mentally turning off when it was followed in French and German to engage in a desultory conversation with a fellow countryman who had chanced to take the place beside her , a pleasant young man attending his first seminar in Denmark . |
| 25 | It is not faith going a second mile ; it is faith making its first full step and there is no going back . |
| 26 | ( Short , happy , slightly humorous speech for a bride enjoying her first marriage to a divorced man . ) |
| 27 | Willis quotes a toolmaker describing his first day at work : |
| 28 | When children start school , they often develop all kinds of minor illnesses as they first become exposed to a large community ; a fact the nurse seeking her first employment after the birth of her child may not know . |
| 29 | A FURNITURE recycling scheme celebrating its first anniversary has established itself as a lifeline for a town 's needy families . |
| 30 | She felt about as poised as a baby elephant taking his first steps , she thought miserably . |