Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A campaign for a People 's Front would detract from their attempts to influence the Labour Party , and was felt to be inspired by Lloyd George , with whom the Communists had a long standing feud , dating back to the First World War . |
| 2 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 3 | But I am looking forward to the first leg . |
| 4 | Anyone trying seriously to find out what was in the public mind at the time of the Boer War and the years leading up to the First World War will find information here of great value . |
| 5 | For example , Ellen Ross 's ( 1983 ) discussion of the lifestyle of the working poor in the East End of London , in the period leading up to the First World War , contains evidence about financial relationships between young working adults and their parents , based partly on the surveys of Charles Booth ( 1892b ) . |
| 6 | In the years leading up to the First World War the Hooligan embarked on a remarkable career , appearing in name if not in person before numerous governmental and semi-official bodies of enquiry . |
| 7 | Hughes , aged29 , has a remarkable record going back to the first women 's World Championships in 1980 including a world gold in 1986 , world bronze in 1987 and two European titles . |
| 8 | Now , going back to the first time Mahoney was shot . |
| 9 | The popes , as bishops of Rome , had a " genealogy " going back to the first pope , the apostle Peter . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've only five horses here at the moment , ’ Tom said moving on to the first loose-box . |
| 11 | Sorry , this is a very long way of getting around to the first crop of reviews of Philip Larkin : A Writer 's Life by Andrew Motion ( Faber ) . |
| 12 | Coming up to the first ever and only race in Dallas , a race run on a track that was breaking up and in the most intense heat imaginable , neither McLaren scored in a race that was brilliantly won by Keke Rosberg . |
| 13 | Most of the new people who 'd be coming over in the last couple of years a lot of them would n't be coming out to our concerts yet because they would probably be into a more younger scene like the Mary Blacks , maybe or the Christian Moore or somebody like that you would be catering for a younger audience and the the second third generation would be coming out to the First to the Foster and Allens and the Daniel O'Donnells and the Brendan Shines you know . |
| 14 | ‘ Josephinism ’ in religious matters , again , it is now clear , had behind it a long tradition extending back to the first years of the century . |
| 15 | Property centre chairman George Clark said : ‘ The majority of the properties being sold are priced at £80,000 or less , in other words , appealing most to the first or second-time buyer . |
| 16 | By the 1850s , it was solely a corn mill , working up to the First World War . |