Example sentences of "[pron] be [num] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was one of the first chefs to put gastronomic vegetarian meals on the menu seven years ago . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 4 | In February 1990 I was one of the first two secondees from the accountancy profession to join the Investigations Division at the DTI . |
| 5 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 6 | Perhaps I was one of the first women in the entire province of Parma to be ‘ liberated ’ in that sense . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was one of the first to leave , making my way back to Number 11 unobserved . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Theirs was one of the first cuts to come in and , when I heard it , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 15 | Theirs was one of the first cuts to come in and , when I heard it , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 16 | The Regent himself was one of the first to fall . |
| 17 | If you 'd like one of the wall charts , which give useful hints , tips and cooking times , you can get one free if you are one of the first 100 readers to write to Prestige Pressure Cooker Wallchart Offer , Film House , 142 Wardour St , London W1V 3AU , enclosing sae . |
| 18 | I wonder , bearing in mind that incident , however serious , or minor it was , would you be one of the first to go through the Channel Tunnel ? |
| 19 | But you were one of the first to start . |
| 20 | Her number BGK009059 said that she was one of the first of the Bergen K line , the Kobolds that plied the spaceways of the solar system , taking this here and that there , for nearly fifty years . |
| 21 | She was one of the first narrowboats to be welded rather than riveted , but was built with an elm bottom . |
| 22 | Her commitment to women 's causes continued for the rest of her life , and when female suffrage was granted in 1918 she was one of the first women to contest a parliamentary seat , standing unsuccessfully as Labour candidate for Rusholme in 1918 . |
| 23 | She was one of the first of the British geographers whose interests covered the whole range of the field , and this breadth is reflected in her many writings . |
| 24 | She was one of the first women to be elected to the fellowship of the Linnean Society ( 1905 ) . |
| 25 | She went inside , and was relieved to discover she was one of the first customers . |
| 26 | She 'll mind it because she was one of the first |
| 27 | like to look after my mother , er she was one , and she died now erm she died two years ago , I think she was one of the first to go and er , the other one they fetched him out of the street the chap then they corresponded with him up to the war but , but after that , they , I do n't know whether they stopped writing because of the war , I do n't know , but they never , never got in touch with them never again so |
| 28 | so er , was it that doctor , Doctor Patrick Steptoe ? , well anyway , yeah , she was one of the first to be on the programme and |
| 29 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 30 | Interestingly , Dr James Young Simpson of Edinburgh University , who was one of the first to use chloroform , flatly denied any of these side effects , and said the doctors were seeing what they wanted to see . |