Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 2 | This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) . |
| 3 | Helen felt as if she were hearing Nicola for the first time . |
| 4 | Many of the cast were discovering Dickens for the first time . |
| 5 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 6 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
| 7 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
| 8 | It would be a marvellous feat if the 22-year-old swimming pool attendant from Wakefield was to supercede Hare at the first attempt . |
| 9 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 10 | By 1291 settlers had created Middleton Sancti Georgii on a low silty plain a mile downstream , but this was abandoned centuries before the first guard called ‘ tickets please ’ . |
| 11 | Margaret Elder was giving evidence on the first day of the fatal accident inquiry into drugs deaths in Glasgow . |
| 12 | The HRT team — owned by Tom Walkinshaw and managed by Percy — became national heroes as the first to win Bathurst in an Australian car since 1987 , when Peter Brock was awarded victory after the first and second-placed Texaco Sierras were excluded . |
| 13 | This system no longer had quite such a regional character as it had had in the 1890s because local banks were already becoming part of the national system of clearing banks which was to take shape during the First World War . |
| 14 | On the night of their escape , Moses had commanded the Jews to sacrifice a lamb and smear the blood on the doorposts of their homes as a sign that they were to be ‘ passed over ’ by the Angel of Death , who was to bring death to the first born of every Egyptian family . |
| 15 | During this time Mozart may have given some lessons to the young Beethoven , who was visiting Vienna for the first time . |