Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All were at the same stage of their career , applying for their first senior house officer post in a non-teaching hospital because applications to teaching hospitals usually require completion of a form . |
| 2 | If you are applying for your first provisional licence you must not drive until you get it . |
| 3 | In July last year came the news that the WRVS was looking for its first chief executive . |
| 4 | United are still looking for their first away points of the season … the search should end at London Road |
| 5 | United are still looking for their first away points of the season … the search should end at London Road |
| 6 | But Liverpool appeared to have weathered the storm and were heading for their first clean sheet since their Cup final win in May when Spoliaric crashed home a left-foot drive on the hour . |
| 7 | The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine . |
| 8 | But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield . ’ |