Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so . |
| 3 | After all , you were the first on the scene , and this is the second time you 've been , well almost , in at the death . |
| 4 | While we are on the subject of money , in 1991 you were the first art historian to be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz Prize . |
| 5 | After all , you were the first to leave the dinner table . |
| 6 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 7 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 8 | You were the first blind person to be employed in the County Council ? |
| 9 | I admit it freely , and I admit that you were the first to make the diagnosis . ’ |
| 10 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |
| 11 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 12 | But then you were the first one to say to me when we took him out , oh what do you think ? |
| 13 | As though we were the first man and woman ever , walking in the Garden of Eden . |
| 14 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 15 | We were the first to automate all that . ’ |
| 16 | He went on : ‘ Looking back , the fact that we were the first to say Thatcher should go over the Lawson affair meant that we were in the game . |
| 17 | We were the first up the hill and had to break a path , so although a summer walk up Schiehallion is simple and quick to the point of disappointment , winter is a trifle harder . |
| 18 | We were the first British team ever to play in St Thomas and Tortoal ; in Anguilla we made history again because we played the first ever ‘ first-class ’ in England but it certainly will in Anguilla ! |
| 19 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 20 | We were the first to introduce phosphor bronze strings back in 1974 , and they 're our biggest-selling acoustic set . |
| 21 | But we were the first metal band to have a platinum album and the first metal band to sell six million albums in the States alone . |
| 22 | ‘ We were the first in the country to supply pre-installed networks , ’ says Mr Spiro , ‘ and all Elonex PCs come as a complete plug-in system with Windows 3.1 as standard . ’ |
| 23 | We were the first to act as Arranger and Dealer for a privatised water company . |
| 24 | I 'm not saying we were the first , bloody hell , it sounded dated when we did it . |
| 25 | In August , 1944 I was flying Mustangs from Grimbergen , through to the Arnhem campaign , and my memories are that we were the first RAF Squadron to be based near Brussels , and only a matter of a few days after our armies had liberated that City . |
| 26 | I promised to myself that I would never write an article about having a baby , never ever write that a baby was a celebration and examination of the mystery of our own being , and of course avoid the trap of believing that we were the first and only couple to have a baby . |
| 27 | In December 1989 , we received word from the European Commission that our application had been successful and we were the first tenants group to be awarded £400,000 provided we secured the moral and financial support from our landlord — Glasgow District Council . |
| 28 | There were places where we were the first Westerners ever to have been seen , though we pre-existed in their racial memory as ugly , dominating invaders . |
| 29 | Desktop Publisher certainly was n't the first newsletter to be produced using computers , many titles are word processed , nor was it the first publication to be desktop published , that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , but we were the first newsletter to specialise on desktop publishing ! |
| 30 | We were the first tour operator with overseas centres recognised by the Royal Yachting Association ( RYA ) for tuition . |