Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next year they were followed by the first Clayton Volunteers ( named after the Reverend ( Tubby Clayton , founder of TocH ) . |
| 2 | Siemens has no dates yet for them but their orientation certainly suggests they were built during the first centuries AD . |
| 3 | They were to act as the first stage in settling disputes , and there would be " no stoppage of work until any difference or dispute had been referred to them or if necessary to the District or National Board as circumstances may require " . |
| 4 | To stay in existence , each of these communities must constantly remind us and themselves , of the violence through which they were subjugated in the first place . |
| 5 | For instance , when the accountant produces the band 's first accounts , and files them with the Inland Revenue , the invoices for the band 's musical equipment may need to be produced so that the accountant may obtain tax relief for these items , although they were purchased in the first stage of a band 's life . |
| 6 | They were recovered in the first salvage expedition to the wreck since 1987 . |
| 7 | The tide would carry them inland at least two miles and possibly three before they were beached on the first low ridge that had been the coastline a million years before the birth of Christ . |
| 8 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |
| 9 | They were encouraged by the first major decentralization of employment . |
| 10 | He wrote the opening and closing signature tunes for the program , but they were dumped after the first season and replaced with ‘ something a little more distinctive ’ . |
| 11 | Eighteen of them were killed in the first stage of the pursuit , 5 were later " cutdown in the highways " and 2 more at Gidom . |