Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | monitor current prescriptions to make sure that children are not using them for their first experiments with drugs . |
| 2 | If you used floats on your model during the initial learning period and have since removed them , it would be well worth replacing them for your first circuits . |
| 3 | Because she disliked it so , he found a fleeting pleasure in calling her by her first name . |
| 4 | The comrades we have been teaching are very pleasant , but a bit more reticent than elsewhere — the people at Peking and Sian got round to calling us by our first names , but here it 's ‘ miss ’ and ‘ Professor ’ ( or , to give my name in Chinese ) . |
| 5 | The scrutineers will proceed to add the number of first preference votes received by each candidate , eliminate the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes and redistribute the votes of those giving him as their first preference amongst the two remaining candidates in accordance with their second preference . |
| 6 | The star was shapeless and the candle spattered with glue reminding her of her first efforts . |
| 7 | Restaurant chain TGI Friday 's is using it for its first UK ad campaign , launched this month . |
| 8 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |