Example sentences of "and [pron] [was/were] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started going out in London and I was on the first step of the ladder . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , we did a lot of the soundtracks and we were in the first four or five . |
| 3 | But when , after those two years , the valley had almost imperceptibly widened and there was for the first time , not those black enclosing cliffs , but the vista of a normal life , even of happiness , a landscape over which it was possible to believe the sun might shine , she had become unwittingly embroiled in the racial politics of her school . |
| 4 | Beetles had fed on the pollen of cycads and they were among the first to transfer their attentions to the early flowers like those of magnolias and waterlilies . |
| 5 | Hargreaves 's inventions were numerous and diverse ; besides his innovations in the soap , alkali , metallurgical , and electrochemical industries , his ‘ thermo-motor ’ anticipated the idea of the diesel engine , and he was among the first to advocate the use of gaseous chlorine for treating sewage . |