Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] first [noun] " 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 | Ireland , bidding for their first championship win , have axed stand-off Niall Malone in favour of new cap Eric Elwood of Lansdowne , and switched wingers Richard Wallace and Simon Geoghegan . |
| 3 | Momentarily glimpsed would be nineteen-year-old Richard Dreyfuss appearing in his first movie as a Berkeley student , with one line : ‘ Shall I get the cops ? |
| 4 | While Dustin was appearing in his first lead role on Broadway , he was filming at the Biograph Studios in darkest Bronx , thirty minutes by limo ( laid on nightly by Twentieth Century-Fox ) from the Great White Way . |
| 5 | Pesticides and defoliant residues on a swathe round the coast tens of kilometres wide of exposed seabed resulted in greatly increased heart disease , cancer , and deaths from chronic gastritis , kidney disease and tuberculosis , with over 10 per cent of children dying in their first year . |
| 6 | Professor Brunsden said that more than 10 per cent of children are dying in their first year . |
| 7 | He ordered a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich in the cafe a few doors down and sank his weary limbs down to wait , revelling in his first cigarette of the day . |
| 8 | A few years ago , Michael was asked by the BBC to take part in a series which featured famous people returning to their first jobs . |
| 9 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 10 | Roy , 56 , who has played Alec in over 500 episodes , said earlier this year he was returning to his first love , the theatre . |
| 11 | So I 'd thank Mr Fry for his kind advice and start saving for my first toot toute suite … |
| 12 | Similarly , the increasing employment of women in the growing sector of food , drink and tobacco manufacture by the end of the century , and even the dramatic growth in the number of women commercial clerks ( 4,467 in Edinburgh by 1911 , compared to only 366 in 1881 ) did little to alter the fact that in Scotland generally ( perhaps rather more than England in the same period ) there was a very clear division of the labour market and a de facto segregation of " men 's work " from " women 's work " , which would face any girl looking for her first job . |
| 13 | Mike McAnenay ( 40min ) and John McQuade ( 86 ) gave Dumbarton their third successive triumph over the bottom club , who are looking for their first home win of the season . |
| 14 | The sponsorship puts the Football League in a stronger position and leaves the newly formed Premier League still looking for their first backer . |
| 15 | A narrow defeat by Hampshire in the final at Lord 's , however , leaves the county still looking for their first trophy since 1982 . |
| 16 | ORRELL , the North 's only representatives in the Courage First Division , who are anxiously looking for their first League win of the season , can take some comfort from the news that Les Cusworth will not be around to torment them when Leicester visit Edge Hall Road on Saturday week . |
| 17 | Millwall v Arsenal Arsenal still have to find their form of a year ago but they continue to pick up points at regular intervals , and with Marwood fit and Groves recovered from a virus they should have the resources to beat a Millwall side again lacking Briley and looking for their first League win since September 23 . |
| 18 | Chelsea , still looking for their first win of the season , are without the suspended Dennis Wise . |
| 19 | Unchanged Chelsea , still looking for their first win of the season , will keep Gareth Hall at left-back after refusing to meet West Ham 's £2.2million demand for Julian Dicks . |
| 20 | Bottom of the table Wrexham travel to Buckley with both teams looking for their first win of the season . |
| 21 | Mosley , who are still looking for their first win of the season were dismissed for 93 , Wilmslow reaching 95 for the loss of 4 wickets . |
| 22 | Defeat for the Gunners in this live televised Sunday spectacular would be the title favourites ' third straight loss and leave them still looking for their first point . |
| 23 | That sort of system is not so easy for actors looking for their first job but easier when you are well known . |
| 24 | Five minutes into the second half , the parry was from the boy was looking for his first goal , and it 's picking up the pieces for his second of the afternoon . |
| 25 | Well we understand that they 're going to Paul up the front and of course is still looking for his first goal of the season . |
| 26 | Lee is still looking for his first League goal and admitted : ‘ I 'd love to get it against Charlton . ’ |
| 27 | Carson opens up on Gipsy Fiddler in the high speed five furlong dash and Gispy Fiddler 's trainer Jonjo O'Neill is looking for his first win of the season . |
| 28 | When you 're looking for your first home , there are so many things to consider . |
| 29 | Whether you 're looking for your first flat or have finally found the castle of your dreams , The Royal Bank of Scotland has a range of mortgage schemes specially designed to meet your particular needs . |
| 30 | Gloucester rugby club could do with some better aerodynamics at the moment … the cherry and whites are still searching for their first win of the season … they 've a club game tomorrow against Cardiff at Kingsholm … |