Example sentences of "[v-ing] her first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ( Short , happy , slightly humorous speech for a bride enjoying her first marriage to a divorced man . )
2 Sir Charles Morrison , Mr Simon Parker-Bowles , and Norman Squires , and his wife , the latter was enjoying her first visit to London !
3 ‘ Yes , yes , I did , ’ she told him , feeling ridiculously pleased that he was clearly enjoying her first attempt at baking a cake .
4 She got on so well with composer Jeff Wayne that he is also producing her first solo album .
5 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 .
6 In an attempt to support her two surviving children , Kelly became a professional writer , publishing her first novel , Madeline , in 1794 .
7 Sarah , 27 , was attempting her first marathon , but admits it has given her the ‘ bug ’ .
8 Paying her first visit to the Casa Guidi Wilson was moved to exclaim , ‘ Why , ma'am , you look so well ! ’
9 A baby who defied the odds and survived despite being born sixteen weeks premature , has been celebrating her first birthday .
10 Or as a bonny nine-year-old , celebrating her first Christmas at Watton … with only five years of life left to her .
11 Ettedgui , who had supported Hamnett by selling her first clothes in his shops , was upset when she abandoned him in favour of Bertelsen , an oil-rich entrepreneur who arrived in London offering designer deals and retail arrangements in 1986 .
12 Just occasionally the tensions spilled over , such as when she berated Moira publicly about the way she was feeding her first child .
13 Name the American , a former Wimbledon Champion , new retired from competitive play and expecting her first child , who is one of the company 's longest serving contract players ?
14 Ola Sirant , 34 , who covers the shows for Canadian magazine Chatelaine and Toronto Life 's monthly Fashion , is expecting her first child in September .
15 It had been announced only a month ago that she was expecting her first child and would probably be leaving after the spring term .
16 Claire had always planned to set up her own practice and she left Coopers in December 1989 , when she was expecting her first child .
17 ‘ She is 12-years-old now and expecting her first foal .
18 They each had a few jokes and by the time the roach was flushed away she was already experiencing her first rush , a warm , dreamy sensation that seemed to encompass her whole being .
19 Constance stepped out wearing her first dress , called ‘ Charming Surprise ’ , a name she never forgot .
20 She looked very young , as if she was wearing her first evening dress ; and in this photo she looked less heavy-featured ; rather piquant , a touch of mischief , almost a shy delectation in being queen of a cabinet of curiosa .
21 And there is Blackeyes herself undergoing her first trial by fire under the photographer 's lights and lascivious eye .
22 Nor were matters helped by Violet gaining ten ‘ A's in her O levels , losing a stone and getting her first boyfriend , who rang her constantly at all hours of the night from Beverly Hills .
23 Scarlet had found it all very puzzling and upsetting : she could n't envisage herself telephoning her first husband 's second wife to complain about her child — even if they had n't gone to Australia .
24 erm She 's having her first race tonight erm under her latest a newish trainer , Bernie Doyle , he 's doing ever so well , his kennel 's really in form erm so I 'm going to go for trap five , Hippy to win erm first time erm at the track tonight , that 's the third leg .
25 This can occur with the mare having her first foal .
26 ‘ … while there 's a slight question mark over Shine On 's ability to stay this distance and of course it 's a big test for his rider Kitty Connor , who 's having her first ride in a listed race .
27 ‘ A very nervous poodle having her first puppies , ’ he explained .
28 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 .
29 Then she was having her first baby .
30 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 ) .
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