Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or because I was the first to show any interest ? |
| 2 | ‘ Everyone seemed to think Benjamin was a virgin , but I never thought of him as that , but that it was the first time he was making love to a woman who was old enough to be his mother , and who was his mother 's friend . ’ |
| 3 | But because it was the first , it naturally left itself open to criticism . |
| 4 | As though we were the first man and woman ever , walking in the Garden of Eden . |
| 5 | Jake was looking at her as though it was the first time he had really seen her . |