Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the interviewer is using your first name she/he will not expect you to return the compliment unless you are specifically asked to do so . |
| 2 | A new brewery is producing its first beer this week . |
| 3 | A group which has been juggling with fire for the past year is staging its first play . |
| 4 | Mal Donaghy is seeking his first Championship medal at the age of 35 as fourth-placed Chelsea try to extend a brilliant run of seven wins in their last 10 games . |
| 5 | One of them is stretched out on a banquette ; the lulling rattle of the tables is coaxing its first snore from him . |
| 6 | He is so true to his roots that he is buying his first home in ‘ mean street , ’ Philadelphia , the tough district where his father and several friends were killed . |
| 7 | In fact one of the traditional initiations into manhood is buying your first packet of condoms . |
| 8 | Ola Sirant , 34 , who covers the shows for Canadian magazine Chatelaine and Toronto Life 's monthly Fashion , is expecting her first child in September . |
| 9 | He and his blonde wife , Adrienne , a Klanswoman who is expecting their first child next month , now have to be careful , they say . |
| 10 | Les , 61 , whose wife Tracy , 40 , is expecting their first child , has stopped smoking since the health scare that led him to quit a show last year . |
| 11 | This year he has a perfect excuse — his wife is expecting their first baby during the time the Three Wise Ladies are picking up from police , local authorities , and others information about weather , congestion , and danger points , and relaying it to the media . |
| 12 | ‘ My wife is expecting our first baby in January , ’ he replied shyly . |
| 13 | Miltoun House , Guisborough , the residential care home for adults recovering from mental illness , is holding its first jumble sale at Sunnyfield House today from 9.30am to 12.30pm . |
| 14 | Palazzo Grassi is holding its first exhibition devoted to a single artist , Leonardo da Vinci , ‘ Leonardo and Venice ’ ( until 5 July ) . |
| 15 | The International Telecommunication Union is holding its first World Telecommunications Standardisation Conference in Helsinki March 1 to 12 : the conference succeeds what was formerly called the CCITT Plenary Assembly , and follows the ITU 's restructuring announced last year . |
| 16 | Mr Alan Milburn , aged 34 , is contesting his first election . |
| 17 | The recently-opened London office of the New York gallery Daedalus Ancient Art is having its first show in the premises of Rupert Wace Ancient Art , at 107 Jermyn Street , St James 's . |
| 18 | The main danger to The Thinker must be Playschool , but he is having his first race since breaking down at Cheltenham in November , 1988 . |
| 19 | The main danger to The Thinker must be Playschool , but he is having his first race since breaking down at Cheltenham in November , 1988 . |
| 20 | HOLLYWOOD beauty Michelle Pfeiffer is taking her first holiday in TEN years . |
| 21 | LEARNER-driver Jackie Richards , 39 , of Gloucester , is taking her first lesson — a 900-mile trip from John O'Groats to Land 's End for charity . |
| 22 | LOIRE producer Langlois-Château , is introducing its first Chinon wine to the UK . |
| 23 | Coming up later we visit one of the finest palaces in the country which is hosting its first flower show . |
| 24 | The Czech arm of the Business Software Alliance is prosecuting its first case under the country 's software piracy laws . |
| 25 | It is receiving its first coat of Olive Green paint and stands where no steam locomotive has stood for over 25 years . |