Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 2 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 3 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 4 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 5 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 6 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 7 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |