Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was damned if she was going to make the first move . |
| 2 | She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford . |
| 3 | By Spain , Jackie was beginning to feel the first twinges of the ulcer which was to hamper him for some time and keep him out of racing properly — and out of Belgium altogether — until July . |
| 4 | With a six-inch reach advantage and making better use this time of his wicked left jab , Eubank was hoping to become the first to stop Gimenez in 45 fights . |
| 5 | His father , who works in Oman , was planning to catch the first flight home . |