Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant . |
| 2 | The newspaper industry was therefore among the first to make use of the development of scientific surveys for measuring opinion . |
| 3 | I 've got an idea they 're a Cornish family and that 's why the old lady was here in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | Linford was there for the first time . |
| 5 | Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder . |
| 6 | Why do you think the body was there in the first place ? |
| 7 | So , establishment for staphylococcusorius is often not an important feature because in the majority of infections we 're talking about an endogenous infection , the organism was there in the first place . |
| 8 | Coal-carrying was thus from the first , and has remained both in Britain and on the Continent , one of the basic economic functions of the railway . |