Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were very poor in the first half and paid the price . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ John was very good , ’ said Bob , who had told old Harry Stearns that he was very good in the first place . |
| 3 | And I was very upset for the first day , then I started settling down . |
| 4 | ‘ He was very serious in the first of the pictures , ’ the director now remembers . |
| 5 | ‘ He was very charming in the first days and said he was really jealous that I could live like this . ’ |