Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen Mother was at first expected to stay at her London home , Clarence House , but is now scheduled to attend . |
| 2 | In the confusion following Belgium 's partial withdrawal from its colony , the UN force was at first given the foolish order not to shoot unless attacked . |
| 3 | The Lincoln Red was at first known as the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn : it originated when eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Durham and Yorkshire Shorthorn bulls were put on the large , rugged , pied Old Lincolnshire short-horned draught cows which could withstand all the weather thrown at this east coast county by the cold North Sea winds . |
| 4 | Coleridge 's Somerset household was at first intended to have a touch of Pantisocratic inclusiveness . |
| 5 | German ‘ pure ’ contrapuntal keyboard music was at first always for organ , not harpsichord , and stylistically modelled on the Venetians , as may be seen in the two fantasies and two canzoni francese in Paix 's book and the various organ works of Hassler and his successor at Augsburg , Christian Erbach ( c. 1570–1635 ) . |
| 6 | The tenanted trade manager was at first Mike Bryan , a former area manager for Whitbreads . |
| 7 | The morale of the air force was at first excellent , this being achieved through provision of better rations and other privileges . |
| 8 | The citation order was at first unsatisfactory and modifications were made in order to better reflect the needs of users . |