Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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1 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
2 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
3 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
4 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
5 | The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union . |
6 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
7 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
8 | Wickham looked at Marshall who said it was the first he had heard of it either . |
9 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
10 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
11 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
12 | 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 . ’ |