Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 32 | Following this there may be discomfort on urination , and a vicious circle is started in which memory of previous discomfort combines with apprehension at the possibility of its recurring and perpetuates the nervousness or fear that was responsible in the first place . |
| 33 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
| 34 | In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery . |
| 35 | He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance . |
| 36 | Polen was happy with the first leg win |
| 37 | then it would now be illegal with the addition of larger tyres ( assuming , of course , that the speedo was accurate in the first place ) . |
| 38 | If this is the case ( and it can be tried with dropping several requirements each in turn ) then the requirement should be examined to see if was essential in the first place . |
| 39 | The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever . |
| 40 | A test position was certain for the First Test in Strasbourg until he suffered a knee injury and his goal was denied . |
| 41 | In order to identify any broad trends in the responses and to enable meaningful statistical information to be compiled , it was necessary in the first instance to assign answers to one of a limited number of categories . |
| 42 | They thought we misused the system when actually it was expensive in the first place and faulty , " said a middle-aged woman who lives on the estate . |
| 43 | New investment and realisation activity was muted in the first half-year , with the trust investing £2.1 million in the unlisted sector , compared to £3.8 million at this stage the year before . |
| 44 | At this point Schoenberg was close to the first ideal-type of modernist practice in his accentuation of contingency . |
| 45 | His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition . |
| 46 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |
| 47 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 48 | The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) . |