Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
2 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
3 | I need to explain why this was happening in the first place . |
4 | Moreover it was becoming for the first time , as a result of Peter 's administrative reforms , an institution concerned solely with diplomacy . |
5 | A second tricky little pattern was appearing beside the first on Alice 's form . |
6 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |
7 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
8 | Miriam was wondering as the first fat drops of rain splashed on the verandah . |
9 | Archie 's Nephew , a stable-companion of Rushing Wild , was scoring for the first time this season , having acted as a schoolmaster for novice riders in several earlier runs . |
10 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
11 | She was riding in the first day of the Tythrop Horse Trials at Kingsey in Buckinghamshire when the accident happened . |
12 | Because you , Neil 's already spoken to them about how late th the thing was coming in the first place no and they 've just ignored it ! |
13 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
14 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
15 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
16 | SILLARS STALKER * , who was winning for the first time on the Flat when landing an apprentice handicap at Hamilton Park eight days ago , should make a successful return to the Scottish track in today 's Levy Board Handicap ( 5.15 ) . |
17 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
18 | The Conductor , in his grey suit with gold bars of long service on his left sleeve , was sitting at the first table past the kitchen , finishing his lunch . |
19 | McKenzie was fighting for the first time since losing his IBF title to Ulster 's Dave McAuley . |
20 | In the 1920s America had witnessed some of the problems of the modern world that was emerging after the First World War ; the confusions and uncertainties that revealed themselves became more acute as prosperity suddenly came to an end in 1929 . |
21 | Paul Stern , the vice-president of the Vienna Bridge Club , soon invited her to join the Austrian Ladies ' Team , which was preparing for the first European Women 's Teams Championship to be held in Brussels in 1935 . |
22 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
23 | It 's a lot of money Well this is that Ian was making in the first place is n't it , product actually |
24 | He was goggling at the First Spiritualists like a medieval alchemist who has just raised the Devil . |
25 | While part of Polly 's brain noted the fresh fragrance of the soap and minty scent of toothpaste , the other part was registering for the first time the significance of plastic-covered grab-rails in the shower cubicle and on the front of the vanity unit . |
26 | When a number of us here did a study of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election , where Tony Benn was standing for the first time , and asked constituents themselves what they felt about the broadcast coverage , they repeatedly used the word ‘ bias ’ to describe it . |
27 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
28 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
29 | Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United . |
30 | ‘ I told them I was leaving after the first gig and it was this bloke from Dik Dik Dimorphic who was going on at me saying that I should n't leave . |