Example sentences of "[was/were] there [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purist bookman wants his book complete with the half-titles , if they were there in the first place , and it is an appreciable demerit mark if the cataloguer has to confess ‘ lacking half-titles ’ or ‘ volume III without half-title ’ , even though they are present in the other two . |
| 2 | Linford was there for the first time . |
| 3 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 4 | This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant . |
| 5 | But they used the Fleet Canteen which was there in the first war . |
| 6 | So , establishment for staphylococcusorius is often not an important feature because in the majority of infections we 're talking about an endogenous infection , the organism was there in the first place . |
| 7 | Why do you think the body was there in the first place ? |
| 8 | Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm |