Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were frequent calls for her services from all parts of the British Isles and she was the first to sing in Welsh on Dublin radio . ’ |
| 2 | We put the staff in costumes instead of uniforms and we were the first to really ‘ love ’ children while other restaurants tolerated them . ’ |
| 3 | But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it . |
| 4 | The effect of such correction can , in some instances , be dramatic , as in the case of a child who , after receiving his first pair of spectacles , spent several evenings looking at the stars as it was the first time he had ever been able to see them . |
| 5 | Bill will always hold a unique place in the Palace annals because he was the first player from the club to gain international honours , when he was selected for Wales to meet Scotland at Dundee on 7 March 1908 ( 1–2 ) . |