Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Because you were born under the first sign of the Zodiac , you tend to need excitement , adventure , action and results . |
2 | True to form we were disqualified at the first change-over between David and me . |
3 | The next year they were followed by the first Clayton Volunteers ( named after the Reverend ( Tubby Clayton , founder of TocH ) . |
4 | Siemens has no dates yet for them but their orientation certainly suggests they were built during the first centuries AD . |
5 | To stay in existence , each of these communities must constantly remind us and themselves , of the violence through which they were subjugated in the first place . |
6 | For instance , when the accountant produces the band 's first accounts , and files them with the Inland Revenue , the invoices for the band 's musical equipment may need to be produced so that the accountant may obtain tax relief for these items , although they were purchased in the first stage of a band 's life . |
7 | They were recovered in the first salvage expedition to the wreck since 1987 . |
8 | The tide would carry them inland at least two miles and possibly three before they were beached on the first low ridge that had been the coastline a million years before the birth of Christ . |
9 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |
10 | They were encouraged by the first major decentralization of employment . |
11 | He wrote the opening and closing signature tunes for the program , but they were dumped after the first season and replaced with ‘ something a little more distinctive ’ . |
12 | Eighteen of them were killed in the first stage of the pursuit , 5 were later " cutdown in the highways " and 2 more at Gidom . |