Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 2 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 3 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 4 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
| 5 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 10 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 11 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 12 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
| 13 | The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 15 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 16 | Wickham looked at Marshall who said it was the first he had heard of it either . |
| 17 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 18 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 19 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |