Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 2 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 3 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 4 | So you were looking in the first place ! |
| 5 | The conditions were appaling in the first half . |
| 6 | The view in this paper is that the sense of disillusionment many people were experiencing during the first year of the war resulted from an over-valuation of man 's nature , and an attempt to deny the reality of death for people one loved . |
| 7 | The R5 commentators were complaining about the first half saying how rubbish it was — Mike Ingham , the worst scum lover . |
| 8 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
| 9 | Sometimes called the ‘ Jazz Modern ’ style , International Modern was a term coined in the United States to refer to the new architectural style of the twentieth century , which architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius were creating before the First World War . |
| 10 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 11 | The wisdom of the Northern Ireland Branch of introducing a Grade 4B a few years ago , is paying off now , when this grade attracted an entry of 21 bands , some of which were playing for the first time . |