Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 2 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
| 3 | Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort . |
| 4 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 5 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 6 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
| 7 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 8 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 9 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 10 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 11 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 12 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 13 | I bet I 'm the first to realise ! |
| 14 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 15 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 16 | I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 18 | This year I think it 's the first week in July we have set aside for this purpose . |
| 19 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 20 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 21 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
| 22 | The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 24 | It 's like Miss , when she walks from the staff office to here , she could have four conversations and when she gets here she thinks what was the first conversation about again ? |
| 25 | Do you know who was the first to coach the men 's and women 's champions in one year ? |
| 26 | What can you mind what was the first sort of action on Hoy that impressed you cos Well you 'd been there all your life you would have really seen the whole process happening . |
| 27 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 28 | you know you 're the first priority and I |
| 29 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 30 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |