Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 2 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
| 3 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 4 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 5 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 6 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , I thought it was the Last Rites they gave you when you were dying , what d' you call it , Extreme Unction ? ’ |
| 8 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 9 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 10 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 11 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 12 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 13 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 14 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 16 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 17 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 18 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
| 19 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |
| 20 | Coastwatch co-ordinator Gareth Rees said it was the fourth year in succession that the survey had shown a deterioration and called on the government and regulatory bodies to act . |
| 21 | It said it was the last phase of a pre-arranged plan and should help pacify cloners . |