Example sentences of "[conj] they [was/were] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were innovators in that they were the first ones who did n't try to represent the melody as written . |
| 2 | Their ecological dominance and biological success for the past 80 to 100 million years may stem from the fact that they were the first group of predatory social insects that both foraged and lived in the realm of rotting vegetation on the ground . |
| 3 | ‘ Say you 're a tailor , ’ whispered Avram , and they were the last words any member of his family was ever able to speak to him . |
| 4 | His words emerged from silence , as if they were the first words of the evening . |
| 5 | Coach every child as if they were the next Wimbledon champion |
| 6 | But they were the first people to sell a motor car in Galashiels . |
| 7 | Svetlana and her mother made a genuine impression on me because they were the first woman and child to arrive here from Poland . |