Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 2 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 3 | His voice breaking with emotion , the 54-year-old Australian businessman said outside prison near Perth : ‘ I was innocent in the first place . |
| 4 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 5 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 6 | ‘ I was one of the first chefs to put gastronomic vegetarian meals on the menu seven years ago . |
| 7 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 8 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 9 | In February 1990 I was one of the first two secondees from the accountancy profession to join the Investigations Division at the DTI . |
| 10 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 11 | Perhaps I was one of the first women in the entire province of Parma to be ‘ liberated ’ in that sense . |
| 12 | But I was er here I was one of the first People have forgotten that there was such a thing as a fitting shop in you know , in . |
| 13 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 14 | I was one of the first to leave , making my way back to Number 11 unobserved . |
| 15 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 16 | And I could n't have been , I could n't get out to help him I was stuck between the first and second floor ! |
| 17 | All I can think is , I was wrong in the first place . |
| 18 | I was wrong in the first place . |
| 19 | I was wrong in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | In Slatkin 's RCA recording , I was conscious in the first movement of Elgar 's poignant sense of an ideal world ( or relationship ) beyond his reach . |
| 21 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 22 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
| 23 | Their expeditions recalled the all-male cultural sprees which were commonplace before the first war … |
| 24 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
| 25 | The country that has demonstrated the greatest upward mobility through entrepreneurial channels is Argentina , which was one of the first to industrialise and has had probably the greatest influx of immigrants . |
| 26 | Challenges , which was one of the first British series to be produced for non-broadcast use , consists of a set of six programmes , each with a different theme , and each featuring young British people engaged in pursuits typical of their age and culture . |
| 27 | His grey whipcord coat with its black velvet collar hung open , and he came quickly across with that purposeful step which was one of the first things she had noticed about him . |
| 28 | My local primary has , in fact , at least done that in the last year , and we have n't opted out , and secondly you will remember the article in the Guardian from thirteenth of November — thirteenth of November last year — Hull Grammar School , which was one of the first ones that went independent erm have now applied for an administration order which gives them breathing space before winding up petitions can be launched . |
| 29 | Theirs was one of the first cuts to come in and , when I heard it , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 30 | Theirs was one of the first cuts to come in and , when I heard it , I realised this vague concept could really work . |