Example sentences of "with the first [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first tomatoes of the year , firm and cushiony , with tucks where they plumped out around the bottom of the stalk were quartered in their own juice on a dish with oregano and slender crescents of a veined purple onion , sliced with the first stone pressing of olive oil . |
| 2 | Aravinda de Silva anchored the tourists with an unbeaten 75 , but their progress in reply to Australia 's first innings of 367 was painfully slow on a hot day , with the first session yielding only 50 runs . |
| 3 | Instead , the Armada sailed up channel and the watchers at Rame , including Carew , could view the first engagement of battle early that Sunday morning off Plymouth , with the first galleon exploding . |
| 4 | The fineness of Pakistani rugs is therefore graded as 10/20 or 12/24 , etc. , with the first figure referring to the number of knots running per linear inch along the horizontal axis , and the second figure to the number running the same distance along the vertical . |
| 5 | In addition , it sometimes seems as if some tone-units ( though only a small number ) contain not one but two tonic syllables , almost always with the first syllable having a fall on it and the other a rise . |
| 6 | It 's expected work will start next year , with the first trains going through in another 2 years . |
| 7 | IBM Canada Ltd and Apple Canada Ltd say they have won an education technology supply contract from the New Brunswick government : the province is to invest $12.7m in education technology in the next three years with the first phase starting immediately with $2m investment . |