Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I was the first woman ever into one of the famous gay bars . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | In 1982 I was the first Blackwoman to join the Sheba Feminist Publisher 's collective . |
| 8 | ‘ I was the first employee . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I think I am right to claim that I was the first to adopt this plan vs Rudi Douven at Charlton in 1983 . |
| 13 | I was the first person the Iranians contacted . |
| 14 | For many years I was conscious that I was the first woman in my very large extended family to do this . |
| 15 | ‘ I was the first one to say so and shout at her , ‘ My girl , you have really created a huge problem . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Before , designer fragrances did n't exist , only in high-fashion houses , and I was the first to do it . ’ |
| 21 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 22 | They all turned and looked at me in disgust when I was the first to be called by Estella . |
| 23 | I was the first son of an Efik tribesman in the Kingdom of Dahomey . |
| 24 | I was the first person in a nun 's care to get pregnant I 'm famous ! |
| 25 | 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 … ’ |
| 26 | I was the first president of the gathering . |
| 27 | I was the first of the . |
| 28 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 29 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 30 | Several boys went to the fi to the fitting shop you see but the I 'd started I claimed to have started I mean it 's I mean there 's no credit to me but at least I was the first You know I 'd really started the thing you know . |