Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can also apply for financing for your first home , a mortgage for a holiday home and re-mortgaging facilities . |
| 2 | To stay with yellow for a moment : we noted a paring-down to the bare bones of yellow water in a yellow glass when Raskolnikov comes to after fainting on his first visit to the police station . |
| 3 | After presiding over his first Cabinet meeting Moore promised on Sept. 10 that his government would take immediate steps to avert the $NZ2,500 million budget deficit forecast for 1991-92 . |
| 4 | They must cross the gender divide to join their fathers , both to help them cope with the pain of parting from their first love and also to match social expectations of the male sex . |
| 5 | Because of the way that erm the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years , to a system where mixed ability was introduced year by year from the first to the third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school — one lot of pupils in their streamed classes , and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes — and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and in the mixed ability classes . |
| 6 | Because of the way that the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years to a system where mixed ability is introduced year by year from the first to third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school , one lot of pupils in their streamed classes and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes , and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and the mixed ability classes . |
| 7 | Phil Gelderd praised the list in glowing terms before going to his first Leeds game for years — sadly for him he picked the recent one against Norwich . |
| 8 | With a brief wave Lindsey hurried along the corridor towards the consulting-room , where she sat at the desk , taking several deep breaths to compose herself before calling for her first patient . |
| 9 | The book wastes no time in stressing in its first paragraph the medical hazards of climbing these mountains , on which one can rapidly gain height up the accessible tourist routes to altitudes high enough to cause acute mountain sickness . |
| 10 | Graf , the French and Wimbledon champion , will be a firm favourite to collect her third U.S. Open crown as she has not lost to Sukova in 19 matches since losing in their first meeting as a 14-year-old in 1983 . |
| 11 | Labour is committed to introducing during its first year in power a Bill to set up a Scottish parliament to be elected by proportional representation . |
| 12 | Learning by looking at your first results |
| 13 | Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt . |
| 14 | Thereafter she welcomed Paul 's embraces , thrusting herself at him in the way she had ended by doing on their first night . |
| 15 | Desert Orchid 's trainer can fill the gaps between the great horse 's latest achievements by dreaming of his first Classic success with Dead Certain , who became clear favourite for the fillies ' Classic with a courageous victory in yesterday 's Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket . |