Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 2 | When we 're doing first aid incidents erm the standard thing we 're doing for adults when they 're doing a first aid exam is we 'll give present them with a casualty with perhaps a cut hand or something like that and they 'll actually have a black eye . |
| 3 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 4 | Joh Commonwealth leaders have been attending the first day of their summit in Cyprus and protests by Greek Cypriots . |
| 5 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 6 | Gloucester are giving a first team debut to new winger Mark Nicholson . |
| 7 | When you are doing the first draft , label as many points on the axes as possible . |
| 8 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 9 | Digital Equipment France SA and Paris 's showpiece impressionist museum , the converted railway station Musee d'Orsay , has been demonstrating the first piece of their collaboration on a worthy prototype application of multimedia technology , ‘ Learn to See . ’ |
| 10 | Two officers are examining the first floor right now ; there is some ivy . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 12 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 13 | On July 22nd , this summer he 'll be opening the first Sudeley summer festival in the grounds of Sudeley Castle . |
| 14 | During the summer the Red Cross will be providing a first aid service at Durham County Cricket ground . |
| 15 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 16 | Wreaking havoc : could Camberley be suffering the first invasion of delinquent teenage toads ? |
| 17 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 18 | From May 16 — 29 , however , he will be hosting the first session of amatory writing courses at the European Centre for Holistic Studies on the Greek island of Skyros — very apt for someone preoccupied with sex , death and the Oedipus complex . |
| 19 | Christie 's on 15 April will be offering the first part of one of the most famous private armouries ( or Gewehrkammer ) to remain in Germany . |
| 20 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 21 | So if we were talking about the Middle Ages we had Gregorian chants , or if we were doing the First World War we had First-world-war songs . |
| 22 | While such behaviour can not be condoned , an occasional show of controlled passion from England 's bowlers would not have gone amiss on the same ground when Australia were winning the first Test . |
| 23 | With Markham , LASMO has achieved two milestones in the British oil industry — the field is the first offshore development lying across the UK/Netherlands median line , and it is producing the first gas to be exported from the UK into the Continent . |
| 24 | Elisabeth Valley is presenting a first solo exhibition by Sébastien De Ganay , whose paintings incorporate jetsam of various kinds . |
| 25 | The Royal Shakespeare Company is paying a first visit to Durham City but not to tread the boards . |
| 26 | The Auditing Practices Board is facing the first test of its credibility . |
| 27 | After just 4 games Swindon 's John Gorman is facing the first pain barrier of the season ; 4 defeats and 14 goals conceded . |
| 28 | On May 8 Bush reiterated his faith in Quayle , criticizing the press for " pounding on him when he 's doing a first class job " , and repeating his determination to retain him as the Republican Party 's 1992 nominee for Vice-President . |
| 29 | Debra Priest , of Haroldswick , Unst , who is starting a first year HNC course in business administration at the Shetland College of Further Education ; |
| 30 | Joe Robertson , of Lochend , who is starting the first year of Bachelor of Education ( Technology ) course at the Moray House College of Education . |