Example sentences of "[was/were] [Wh adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was how the first New Internationalist editorial began , back in March 1973 , calling for a second front in rich countries that would help the people of the Third World in their war on poverty . |
| 2 | That was where the first pill-box was . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , that was where the first magic encounter took place , was it ? |
| 4 | ( Perhaps this was where the first shock to people in the field arose 0 as one said , ‘ we were expecting an all-singing Branson man and what we got was , although he could be very charming , a quiet , distinctly unvibrant and very determined person ’ . ) |
| 5 | Yet , curiously , the science that has changed the presentation of text has brought it back under the control of a single person , just as it was when the first presses printed . |