Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Millet and I were the first to check that tower , after Falconer 's body was discovered by a guard .
2 I was de first inventor — remember
3 When I was a first year I was put in as ballboy and I did n't know the rules .
4 I was a first team regular until then , but it has really set me back . ’
5 I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them .
6 When I had lived in Uganda I was the first daughter , after five boys , my parents and brothers , they really loved me , they hardly refused me anything .
7 I was the first woman ever into one of the famous gay bars .
8 I was the first person to take him simply as he was , and for that he showed his gratitude by giving me a light kiss on the cheek in the darkened carriage .
9 I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said .
10 I was the first to state that reunification was the best option ( and I quote from an Institute minute ) ‘ provided the RIBA can show that Portland Place can be adapted for the successful functioning of all departments . ’
11 In 1982 I was the first Blackwoman to join the Sheba Feminist Publisher 's collective .
12 I was the first employee .
13 I was the first home for England in the match against the USA at Birmingham 's Alexandra Stadium , overhauling Lincoln Asquith and Mike McFarlane in the second half of the race after a poor start but failing to catch the Americans Morris and Cook .
14 I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular .
15 ‘ He told me they had auditioned a lot of people back home and that they had five names in America that they were auditioning , and I was the first that day .
16 I think I am right to claim that I was the first to adopt this plan vs Rudi Douven at Charlton in 1983 .
17 I was the first person the Iranians contacted .
18 For many years I was conscious that I was the first woman in my very large extended family to do this .
19 I was the first one to say so and shout at her , ‘ My girl , you have really created a huge problem . ’
20 I was the first one to experience this sort of pressure , while players like Ian Wright and Keith Curle can go for extraordinary amounts but they escaped because they were not the record signings .
21 They were all in a meeting , and they did n't quite know how to deal with me — I was the first celebrity ever to have gone .
22 I was the first of my family and of our group of friends to split and I did n't get a whole lot of sympathy .
23 I was the first visitor that she had had since she was transferred from ‘ Grisly ’ Risley Remand Centre in Cheshire , where she sat out the murder and fraud trials .
24 ‘ Before , designer fragrances did n't exist , only in high-fashion houses , and I was the first to do it . ’
25 I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means .
26 They all turned and looked at me in disgust when I was the first to be called by Estella .
27 I was the first son of an Efik tribesman in the Kingdom of Dahomey .
28 I was the first person in a nun 's care to get pregnant I 'm famous !
29 When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’
30 I was the first president of the gathering .
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