Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may venture to add Jerry and I were probably the first Scottish kids to hear this coming over the air . |
| 2 | companies which were already the first or second company in their respective national market ; |
| 3 | Thus the main business of futures exchanges outside the US , which were not the first movers into the global markets , is in contracts for local bonds and share indexes . |
| 4 | Almost all candidates in last month 's general elections , which were also the first in more than 22 years , called for lifting of martial law and defence laws and demanded the freedom of the press , freedom of association , and the legalisation of political parties banned by law since 1957 . |
| 5 | Last night there were a lot of people at the gig who were here the first time around and they can relate to what we 're doing . |
| 6 | It did seem that the main force squadrons in other Groups had more casualties than we did , partly because they had to cope with fully awakened defences , gun and searchlight crews as well as fighters , after PFF had done their job , and perhaps also because they had a higher proportion of new , inexperienced crews who were usually the first to come to grief . |
| 7 | " You must have known that you were n't the first . |
| 8 | you were right the first time . |
| 9 | ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned . |
| 10 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 11 | We were also the first sponsor of televised croquet in association with Granada TV and we have since launched a competition to stimulate schools involvement in this fascinating sport . |
| 12 | We were also the first place in southern Africa to be converted to Christianity , and different religious beliefs of all kinds already thrive there . |
| 13 | We were not the first and I am sure we will not be the last to respond to financial pressures by selling off rare books . |
| 14 | we were n't the first to come back or anything |
| 15 | There were also the first beginnings of an Islamic nationalism in the Russian Middle East . |
| 16 | Although they were not the first to do so , they became the longest running and , presumably , most successful pin manufacturers in the Painswick area . |
| 17 | I could n't tell them they were n't the first . ’ |
| 18 | They were n't the first . |
| 19 | They were just the first . |
| 20 | They were also the first to join permanent trade unions . |
| 21 | Not surprisingly , part-time women were usually left to management 's mercies and when recession struck they were usually the first to go . |
| 22 | They were really the first nudes that he had done since Jane Birkin posed topless in the Sixties . |
| 23 | He drew level with Marius and myself and started shouting about the English and how they were always the first to desert ; how he , Corporal Auriega , with four years ' Legion service , who had endured shelling in Beirut and the heat and flies of Chad , had finally had enough . |