Example sentences of "she [was/were] the [num ord] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … one was a female pauper of very advanced age who had laboured for many years under a complication of incurable disorders , and her situation was so desperate as to have precluded her from being received into the House had it not happened that she was the first patient presented . |
| 2 | She was the first person to say to me , ‘ Do n't go through life saying , if only … ’ |
| 3 | I told her she was the first person to see it since I started work on it . |
| 4 | She attended Wellesley College where she was the first student to deliver the graduation address . |
| 5 | She was the first woman to receive such an honour , and it had to be accepted by Professor Bonney on her behalf , since women were not allowed to attend meetings of the society . |
| 6 | In his foreword to the book , Professor Sir Robert Birley says of Janet Lacey : ‘ One meets energetic people and unorthodox people and efficient people , but it is rare to meet them making up one person … add to that the power to speak forcefully and clearly … she was the first woman to preach in St Paul 's and Liverpool Cathedral and St George 's Cathedral in Jerusalem … she is also exceedingly good company … |
| 7 | After the war she was the first woman to hold a Commercial Pilots Licence , although she had difficulty finding a job . |
| 8 | After the war she was the first woman to hold a Commercial Pilots Licence , although she had difficulty finding a job . |
| 9 | She was the first woman to head a European central bank . |
| 10 | Equipped with a knowledge of four languages , she was the first woman to get a distinction in the diploma in economics and political science , and then took a teaching diploma at London University . |
| 11 | In March 1944 the U.852 was on patrol off the west coast of Africa : she was the fifth U-boat to have been given this area of patrol , the previous four , commanded by aces such as Wuppisch and Schultz , having all been sunk by aircraft . |
| 12 | She was the third woman to climb Everest , in October 1978 , and followed this achievement with an ascent of Nanga Parbat . |
| 13 | She was the last person living to speak the language of the native islanders , so it was a pity that she could no longer use her tongue , except now and then to rasp out a harsh fragment of a song . |
| 14 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |