Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure she wants you to extend the same warmth to her that you extend to me by using my first name . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Going out there on a new board and catching my first wave when I had n't surfed Pipeline for a year only reaffirms my confidence . ’ |
| 3 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler — to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot , Oxfordshire . |
| 4 | Although Crewe are reluctant to sell , Hignett now seems certain to follow in the footsteps of Platt , Rob Jones and Geoff Thomas , who all moved on to win international honours after launching their first team careers at Gresty Road . |
| 5 | At this plenum Gorbachev was highly critical of the CPL leadership , declaring its action " illegitimate " and invalid and condemning its first secretary Algirdas Brazauskas for compromising with nationalist and separatist forces . |
| 6 | A group which has been juggling with fire for the past year is staging its first play . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , prices are unlikely to drop further : TransTools made the mistake of launching its first database at too low a price , which lost it the prestige Ollero feels it deserves . |
| 8 | Oxford University is helping young mothers scale the academic heights by opening its first nursery . |
| 9 | Sir Phil , who walked away with about £70m from the takeover of Harris Queensway , has built Carpetright into one of Britain 's leading carpet retailers after opening his first store in London 's Canning Town in 1988 . |
| 10 | Announcing his first programme yesterday , he spoke of the ‘ awesome responsibility ’ of following Joan Knight who has turned it into one of the most successful theatres in the country with an average audience of more than 7,000 people for each production . |
| 11 | He is quietly working his way to the top as a referee — and he is just 18 months away from landing his first League fixture . |
| 12 | The two British participants are Barry Flanagan , who is showing two hessian sculptures , and Richard Long , prominently included by an early sculpture of three stone rings and a selection of photographs documenting his first walks in England and abroad . |
| 13 | Since purchasing his first aircraft at the age of 27 , Lindsey 's stable of aircraft has grown , with a second ‘ 108 , G-ASTG , being acquired late in 1967 , initially for the use of its engine as a spare for G-ATBG . |
| 14 | Next it was Hunt 's turn to be confused by the Australian Warwick Brown , who was driving his first race and who , practically without gears , was going as near zero as possible in the middle of the chicane . |
| 15 | A RARE movie — the mainly horrible How The West Was Won is another — that tries to include the whole arc of the West in its plot , expending its first hours on the virgin land as Kevin Costner communes with nature and Indians , but the finale has to admit the good days are gone , as demonstrated by the coming of the brutish cavalry intent on making the Sioux the first victims of the expansionist whites . |
| 16 | The world 's the oyster for Anderson Advertising which is now placing media in five continents , and group deputy chairman Peter Spratt says their design company , Creative Pencil , is in the process of completing its first project in Europe . |
| 17 | ( Short , happy , slightly humorous speech for a bride enjoying her first marriage to a divorced man . ) |
| 18 | Sir Charles Morrison , Mr Simon Parker-Bowles , and Norman Squires , and his wife , the latter was enjoying her first visit to London ! |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , yes , I did , ’ she told him , feeling ridiculously pleased that he was clearly enjoying her first attempt at baking a cake . |
| 20 | Interest in the subject remains high , with the regulatory bodies now submitting their first year reports to the DTI . |
| 21 | Such aggression could be very disturbing to young workers submitting their first paper , although experienced researchers are used to it and it seems to be something which most people are prepared to put up with . |
| 22 | In recent years , employment prospects have been excellent and geographers have been placed successfully in a wide range of employment in research , industry , commerce , government , and the professions , either entering directly or by using their first degrees as a foundation for further qualifications . |
| 23 | I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . |
| 24 | The couple are enjoying their first holiday together travelling around California in a caravan , according to German newspaper Bild . |
| 25 | Most of the East Anglian ports were enjoying their first spell of prosperity for many years , employment and trade was booming in the area and more customs staff were required at King 's Lynn , Ipswich and Felixstowe , my old home and a natural first choice . |
| 26 | Soon , tens of thousands of young city-dwellers , on bicycle or on foot , were enjoying their first taste of the countryside with the aid of the new network of youth hostels . |
| 27 | Businessmen are enjoying their first boom for ten years . |
| 28 | She got on so well with composer Jeff Wayne that he is also producing her first solo album . |
| 29 | The battle for middle-order supremacy resulted in David Lloyd , Finchley moving into second place after a 3–0 victory over Connaught Club , London , and Ealing producing their first win of the season with a 2–1 home victory against Walton Astro 's . |
| 30 | Fujitsu was the only Japanese mainframer which developed its own technology from the outset , producing its first computer in 1954 . |