Example sentences of "i [was/were] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started going out in London and I was on the first step of the ladder . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was in the First Division , when I did my time on the beat . |
| 3 | tell you what it seems ages since I was in the first year , but not very long since I was in the second year |
| 4 | I found them , and in a minute I was in the first room , where Bersonin and Detchard were . |
| 5 | I was in the first party to leave and there were about fifty of us altogether . |