Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 2 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 3 | His voice breaking with emotion , the 54-year-old Australian businessman said outside prison near Perth : ‘ I was innocent in the first place . |
| 4 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 5 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 6 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 7 | And I could n't have been , I could n't get out to help him I was stuck between the first and second floor ! |
| 8 | All I can think is , I was wrong in the first place . |
| 9 | I was wrong in the first place . |
| 10 | I was wrong in the first place . ’ |
| 11 | In Slatkin 's RCA recording , I was conscious in the first movement of Elgar 's poignant sense of an ideal world ( or relationship ) beyond his reach . |
| 12 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 13 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |