Example sentences of "[noun] were [vb pp] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle . |
| 2 | Valtr Komarek and Jan Carnogursky were demoted from First Deputy Premier to Deputy Premier ( because there was no point in differentiating between the two levels of post , according to Marian Calfa , the Federal Premier ) . |
| 3 | Extinguishers were used at first but to no avail . |
| 4 | Similar surveys were produced for first schools ( 5–9 ) and middle schools ( 9–13 ) . |
| 5 | Particular provisions were made for first offenders and for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts . |
| 6 | Officers were told at first that there were two different tapes in existence . |
| 7 | These pledges were rejected by First Vice-President Maximo San Román Cáceres , who on his return from the USA was sworn in symbolically on April 21 as " Constitutional President " in front of 200 members of the deposed congress . |
| 8 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 9 | 1250 students were admitted to first year undergraduate studies last year and over 500 to postgraduate studies , giving a total population of 44000 full-time students . |