Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sutton was told to get on the first train from Manchester . |
| 2 | The experience of the Belfast researchers was that a narrow transcription was needed to identify in the first place the range of vowel variation associated with different phonetic environments . |
| 3 | Dolphin 's Motorola Inc 88110-based Triton SCI Server , which was scheduled to ship in the first quarter of this year , will be kept under wraps for at least another year , the company says . |
| 4 | His 22-year-old step grandchild Madjit was forced to jump from the first floor with his pyjamas ablaze . |
| 5 | Ballyfolion was forced to check on the first bend and Hyland said the dog cramped in the closing stages . |
| 6 | When their mother died in 1890 , the eldest daughter , who was by then thirty years old , was allowed to move to the first floor bedroom , and from then on she ruled the roost . |