Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 2 | The fourth key point was that for the first two years of the programme , between April 1989 and March 1991 , we committed a budget of £24 million to the programme . |
| 3 | The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction . |
| 4 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 5 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 6 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 7 | Figure 1A represents phase I. This sequence shows no visible peristaltic activity , was present for the first 35 minutes of the study , and is typical of the pattern seen in conventional manometric recordings . |
| 8 | I thing recently the bus service has got dreadful since they brought in er private buses to their local areas , it was good for the first few months , but when they find out that its not paying at all , they take them off , they do n't tell you , the bus just disappears so your left with the usual one that used to be on . |
| 9 | This meant it was available for the first two years only in London and the South-East and to people who bothered to fit a new aerial . |
| 10 | Her mother had both children late in life , and was wonderful for the first six years of Jay 's life . |
| 11 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 12 | He was silent for the first half mile , then he beat the wheel suddenly with one hand . |