Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pers pn] [be] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or because I was the first to show any interest ? |
| 2 | Mr Prokhorov said that the answer to the contradiction between political renewal and economic crisis lay in Marxism , which ‘ teaches us that the superstructure is more mobile than the base , and that it is the first to react to a change of conditions . ’ |
| 3 | But because of her age and because it was a first offence , she was n't sent to a juvenile court . |
| 4 | TURN the page of the calendar , and before you is the first weekend of April . |
| 5 | ‘ And as it is the first case to come up in Scotland , it could help other people in the same circumstances . ’ |
| 6 | The vet checked Sam over and said all was well , and as it was a first fit there was no need to start him on the tablets , yet . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone seemed to think Benjamin was a virgin , but I never thought of him as that , but that it was the first time he was making love to a woman who was old enough to be his mother , and who was his mother 's friend . ’ |
| 8 | But because it was the first , it naturally left itself open to criticism . |