Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 5 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 6 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 7 | you know you 're the first priority and I |
| 8 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 9 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 10 | Also note who is the first player to congratulate any scorer — and look extremely chuffed … |
| 11 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 12 | , Al Mutlaq 's divisional manager , saw immediate benefits : ‘ We believe we are the first company in the region to get this equipment . |
| 13 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 14 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 15 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 16 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 17 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 18 | Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort . |
| 19 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
| 20 | You think I 'm the first girl ever to meet a man in secret ? |
| 21 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 22 | I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said . |
| 23 | This year I think it 's the first week in July we have set aside for this purpose . |
| 24 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 25 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 26 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 27 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |