Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] been the first " in BNC.

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1 What 's more , I would have been the first to complain .
2 I would have been the first to know . ’
3 For her to have vetted the reporters on an individual basis ( which would have been the first instinct of the malai military left to their own devices ) would have caused offence to the point where the exercise would have been counter-productive .
4 If he 'd been convinced , he would 've been the first to nab the Cap'n .
5 He would have been the first person to agree that this is an inadequate label for a process in which some sets of ideas are restructured and some are rejected .
6 He would have been the first non-Scandinavian to star in a Bergman film , an honour which went eventually to the more laid-back Elliott Gould .
7 ‘ It is 30 years since my father 's first victory here and I am sure he would have been the first to have congratulated Ayrton on breaking his record of five wins .
8 Malcolm stoically prevented what would have been the first Test hat-trick in England since 1960 , but soon became Waqar 's record 22nd wicket of the series , leaving Smith a gallant 84 not out in four hours of great determination , to finish on the high note upon which he started the series , since which there had been much disappointment .
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