Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant it was available for the first two years only in London and the South-East and to people who bothered to fit a new aerial . |
| 2 | I thing recently the bus service has got dreadful since they brought in er private buses to their local areas , it was good for the first few months , but when they find out that its not paying at all , they take them off , they do n't tell you , the bus just disappears so your left with the usual one that used to be on . |
| 3 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 4 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
| 5 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |