Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 2 | ‘ On the 20th July we reached the 26th degree of S. Lat. , and were visited for the first time by the Cape petrel . |
| 3 | In Trinidad , West Indies were without Richards and were led for the first time by Desmond Haynes . |
| 4 | Yesterday , after England suffered their fifth successive Test defeat , their worst run since 1986 when they lost 5-0 in the West Indies and were beaten in the first two Tests at home to India , Fletcher said : ‘ Test matches are more important than one-day internationals , although if you lost all your one-dayers then that would become important . |
| 5 | The derivations given here are due to the author and were published in the first edition , but Larson has also carried out similar work independently . |
| 6 | He took the theological honours examination , after a preparation of only four terms , in June 1927 and was placed in the first class . |
| 7 | This was the first official Israeli representation in China and was viewed as the first step towards the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 8 | The match was Halling Institute v Snodland , and was decided by the first innings Snodland scoring 77 and Halling 49 , Halling were playing valiantly when stumps were drawn at 6.30 . " |
| 9 | It moved northward through France from the Mediterranean coast and was recorded for the first time in Britain at a site in Hampshire , in March 1961 . |
| 10 | In the 1839 race , Captain Becher riding Conrad had rushed into the lead but was unseated into the first brook — and so was born Becher 's Brook , still one of the most spectacular and feared jumps in the world . |