Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the cities a nascent proletariat was beginning to flex its muscles , forming short-lived illegal organizations of its own and staging its first major strikes . |
| 2 | Unijet is launching its first branded product targeting latebooking holidaymakers , under the Sun Busters banner . |
| 3 | These he expressed in the Working Men 's Club and Institute Union , founded chiefly on his initiative on 14 June 1862 in London , becoming its first paid secretary in 1863 . |
| 4 | Acquiring his first proper guitar at the age of ten , Ry first discovered bluegrass and then the country blues players : the Rev. Gary Davis ( who gave Ry lessons ) , Lightnin' Hopkins , Sonny Terry , Brownie McGhee and Son House , plus Howlin' Wolf , Muddy Waters and Sleepy John Estes . |
| 5 | Bohunt girls ' football team are just completing their first full season and remain undefeated . |
| 6 | Ninety minutes later they were all back in the saddle and drawing their first covert as if the season had just begun . |
| 7 | Seymour Cray has been left holding the baby at his struggling Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp : Neil Davenport has resigned as president and chief executive , saying that Cray Computer had reached the point where it has appropriate resources to complete the Cray-3 so he is free to seek other opportunities — but the company is still seeking its first firm customer for the supercomputer . |
| 8 | Over the ‘ Diesel Weekend ’ the centre played host to Class 08 shunter D2138 which was operating its first public passenger train since being obtained by the line . |
| 9 | Allen Ginsberg was writing his first major work Howl that summer in the Village . |
| 10 | One can perhaps understand why John Keats , ’ writing his first mature work of poetry , managed to confuse Balboa with Cortez ; a young and sensitive man , Keats may well have balked at including a figure capable of such wanton cruelty in a sonnet devoted to such tender sentiments . |
| 11 | When we set Headline up we spent nearly a year before publishing our first full list putting in place the systems that would allow the company to expand . |
| 12 | Had it gone over the bar Wexford would now still be celebrating their first major title in 20 years . |
| 13 | The children of the parish are celebrating their First Holy Communion this week . |
| 14 | This enchanting white-faced chestnut could be excitable before her races — it was the Royal Hunt Cup winner Come On The Blues , her travelling companion and calming influence , on whom she had her crush — but was admirably genuine , and her home-stretch surge to bring British racing its first great triumph in the Breeders ' Cup ensured that the affection in which she was held during her racing career would not fade . |
| 15 | She 's celebrating her first international victory in the women 's doubles at the Spanish Open . |
| 16 | A WELSH record company is celebrating its first big success thanks to a local band . |
| 17 | Crusaders are also pondering their first Euro headache — two months before they go into the UEFA Cup draw . |
| 18 | AT&T Co says it plans to begin selling its first personal communicator in its phone centre stores this June — but the things are not likely exactly to walk off the shelves , because they will cost between $2,000 and $3,000 : the Hobbit-powered device will incorporate cellular phone , paging abilities , facsimile functions , electronic mail and messaging services and pen-based computing , and it derives from the company 's alliances with EO Inc and General Magic Corp and it is to be built by Eo . |
| 19 | By 1805 the firm of Boulton & Watt were selling their first commercial gas plants . |
| 20 | Tenterden on the Kent/Sussex border ( 058 06 3033 ) is just releasing its first pink bubbly using mainly Pinot Noir grapes . |
| 21 | The Watt Committee is holding its first European conference in Strasbourg on 1–3 April 1992 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | For men like Stan Weatherall , whom we left experiencing his first long journey by canoe , this reorganisation swept away the frustrations of the summer of 1941 . |
| 26 | Facing his first annual meeting as IBM Corp 's chairman and chief executive , Louis Gerstner did not mince words , telling the Tampa assembly that the company 's very survival had been called into question in the past year , but promised that although the company 's reputation was temporarily tarnished , it will remain strong thanks to its worldwide base — ‘ It would be a great mistake for naysayers to underestimate IBM , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 27 | AT the age of 14 I was having my first sexual relationship — with a married man who was also a father-to-be . |
| 28 | A DECISION was being taken today on whether the 92-year-old Queen Mother , newly released from hospital , can immediately get back to work by attending her first official engagement , scheduled for tomorrow . |
| 29 | Olympic champion Sally Gunnell , having her first individual race of the season , also made a bright start over 400 metres hurdles . |
| 30 | Olympic champion Sally Gunnell , having her first individual race of the season , also made a bright start over 400 metres hurdles . |