Example sentences of "[adj] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , in Canada , people are this month receiving their first taste of subscription TV . |
| 5 | ‘ A very nervous poodle having her first puppies , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A simple but clever idea for a low-cost lightbox has recently been introduced by DW Viewboxes Ltd and is meeting with an enthusiastic response following its first showing at The Art Materials Exhibition . |
| 8 | Action-packed thriller receiving its first showing on British TV . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | It sounded promising to a young man seeking his first practice , and he bought it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |