Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 Sadly , the mill and house were destroyed by fire in 1933 , but from these ashes and the insurance money a modern mill was built incorporating the first Californian press imported into the country .
2 The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected .
3 In one home a somewhat unhappy new resident was allowed to spend the first week after admission dressed in her coat and sleeping in a chair .
4 This feature was designed to cover the first flights of three Spitfires , during the time of its production that statistic changed to four !
5 However , Walker found that if the BFP algorithm was altered to reflect the first three levels of SPAR 's ordering given above , correct results were obtained by eight of the 21 pronouns resolved correctly by Hobbs but incorrectly by the original BFP .
6 Dessie was used to promote the first Sunday meeting at Doncaster last month along with Red Rum .
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