Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the East Anglian ports were enjoying their first spell of prosperity for many years , employment and trade was booming in the area and more customs staff were required at King 's Lynn , Ipswich and Felixstowe , my old home and a natural first choice . |
| 2 | Soon , tens of thousands of young city-dwellers , on bicycle or on foot , were enjoying their first taste of the countryside with the aid of the new network of youth hostels . |
| 3 | Some were getting their first experience of Wombat , the anti-tank gun which is issued along with Milan missiles to anti-tank platoons in Berlin battalions : the battalion moves to Berlin in 1990 for two-and-a-half years . |
| 4 | They had bought their first house and were expecting their first baby . |
| 5 | My husband Peter and I started our collection when we were expecting our first child in 1945 . |
| 6 | Most of the Marines were experiencing their first combat , and the strain of combating the fear as much as their enemies was telling on their pale faces . |
| 7 | A few pints later , when the Vomits were doing their first encore , Jamie and I were up dancing , jumping up and down , Jamie shouting and clapping his hands and dancing about on my shoulders . |
| 8 | Many of the Kiwis were playing their first rugby for several weeks , and in the early part of the game it showed . |
| 9 | It happened as the world-famous Falcons skydiving team were making their first display jump of the season , watched by more than two hundred schoolchildren . |
| 10 | Portsmouth , leading through a goal from Anderton , were contemplating their first visit to Wembley since the Spring of 1939 . |
| 11 | His trip here was a homecoming , and there were times when I could see in his eyes that he was reliving his first memories . |
| 12 | Sir Charles Morrison , Mr Simon Parker-Bowles , and Norman Squires , and his wife , the latter was enjoying her first visit to London ! |
| 13 | Raising her eyes to Rozanov , she asked in lighter tones how he was enjoying his first visit to England . |
| 14 | Next it was Hunt 's turn to be confused by the Australian Warwick Brown , who was driving his first race and who , practically without gears , was going as near zero as possible in the middle of the chicane . |
| 15 | This was Silver , a nephew of the Threarah , who was serving his first month in the Owsla . |
| 16 | The current world champion , Blyth Tait , was paying his first visit to Poplar Park and was very satisfied with the performances of his trio , Messiah , Ricochet and Tempo . |
| 17 | They made a direct appeal to Mr Clarke as he was paying his first visit to a police station since taking over at the Home Office . |
| 18 | Sarah , 27 , was attempting her first marathon , but admits it has given her the ‘ bug ’ . |
| 19 | Don Cribb from Systems and Equipment Engineering Department , was attempting his first London Marathon . |
| 20 | She looked very young , as if she was wearing her first evening dress ; and in this photo she looked less heavy-featured ; rather piquant , a touch of mischief , almost a shy delectation in being queen of a cabinet of curiosa . |
| 21 | Another early memory was getting my first train set . |
| 22 | Just occasionally the tensions spilled over , such as when she berated Moira publicly about the way she was feeding her first child . |
| 23 | It had been announced only a month ago that she was expecting her first child and would probably be leaving after the spring term . |
| 24 | Claire had always planned to set up her own practice and she left Coopers in December 1989 , when she was expecting her first child . |
| 25 | He was written about enthusiastically in the New York Times , offered a recording contract by CBS Records , and by the end of that year was cutting his first album . |
| 26 | The 21-year-old was spending her first night at Sussex University , near Brighton , when she was woken at about 4am by a man who turned on the bedroom light , held a knife to her throat and raped her , before escaping through the open window by which he had entered . |
| 27 | Then she was having her first baby . |
| 28 | Gispy Fiddler put Jonjo on cloud nine with a Royal Ascot win two years ago and was having his first run for almost a year when shaping well behind Bit Of A Lark at Haydock . |
| 29 | Kinane , who was having his first Arc ride , said : ‘ I had quickened past Behera when Carroll House hung across and it did n't affect the result . |
| 30 | Others were on the edge of the storm and Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott had a wild ride with young Sub-Lieutenant White , who was having his first introduction to canoe reconnaissance . |