Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know who was the first to coach the men 's and women 's champions in one year ? |
| 2 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 3 | Pliny names Archermos in a family of Chiot sculptors , and another writer says he was the first to give Nike wings . |
| 4 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 6 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 7 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 8 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 9 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
| 10 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 11 | What can you mind what was the first sort of action on Hoy that impressed you cos Well you 'd been there all your life you would have really seen the whole process happening . |
| 12 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 13 | When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’ |
| 14 | The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 16 | The transcription start sites for the P A2b and P A3 promoters analyzed by S1 mapping ( 13 ) indicated three contiguous possible start sites for each promoter that did not allow to determine which was the first nucleotide incorporated by the RNA polymerase , a problem frequently found with S1 mapping analysis . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm not saying we were the first , bloody hell , it sounded dated when we did it . |
| 19 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 20 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 21 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 22 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 23 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 24 | Yeah well they do n't think it was they do n't think it was the first one , no . |
| 25 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 26 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 27 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 28 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 29 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 30 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |