Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Stuart began by telling a couple of jokes , which fell rather flat because he was so jumpy and I do n't think the jokes were much good in the first place . |
| 2 | Yes it was at two down and the every time Palace went forward in the early stages you thought to yourself , here comes another goal because they looked like scoring , they were so dangerous , of course he 's a real threat and he got the better of for that first goal , er he was er danger all the time and er it was a little bit from er County 's performance in reverse to that of the previous week at Forest , where erm Palace were so good in the first half and er you would n't have been surprised if they 'd gone in two nil or even three nil ahead , the penalty brought Notts back into the game . |
| 3 | When he started making enquiries into the Josephs ’ business affairs in France you were obviously one of the first people he 'd ask . |
| 4 | Over the latter generally slowly improving money wages brought a degree of improvement in real wages because cereal prices were generally low over the first half of the century . |
| 5 | Quakers were not disgraced in the first derby match of Third Division standing played at the Victoria Ground . |
| 6 | The omens for the new state were not encouraging in the first months of its existence . |
| 7 | A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence . |
| 8 | The LTA were clearly ill-advised in the first place to have increased the prize money for Birmingham this year . |
| 9 | In those days they were automatically exempt until the first round proper . |
| 10 | I ca n't claim to have had my eyes opened to your true character , Gianluigi , for they were wide open from the first . |
| 11 | They were also one of the first bands to sample . ’ |
| 12 | The Fabians were particularly influential during the first forty or so years of their history , a period in which the leading lights were the Webbs , G. B. Shaw , Graham Wallas , and H. G. Wells and , less consistently , Bertrand Russell , G. D. H. Cole , Harold Laski , and R. H. Tawney . |
| 13 | In the north of the country guerrillas were particularly active during the first half of the year . |
| 14 | Almost 90% of UK instalment credit accounts were fully up-to-date in the first three months of this year compared with 89.4% in the corresponding period in 1992 . |
| 15 | After all , their side were ahead 3-1 from the first leg . |
| 16 | Cambridge ink-jet printer maker Domino Printing Sciences Plc told the annual meeting yesterday that despite the strong finish to 1992 , first quarter trading has been below expectations and this was bound to affect interim results : in particular , sales in the US were unexpectedly slow during the first three months coinciding with the change of administration , it said . |
| 17 | We were very poor in the first half and paid the price . ’ |
| 18 | He was too old to be called up ( a lost generation of men who were too young for the first war , too old for the second ) . |