Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 2 | Pliny names Archermos in a family of Chiot sculptors , and another writer says he was the first to give Nike wings . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 4 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 5 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
| 8 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 9 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 10 | 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 … ’ |
| 11 | The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'm not saying we were the first , bloody hell , it sounded dated when we did it . |
| 15 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 16 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 17 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 18 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 19 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 20 | Yeah well they do n't think it was they do n't think it was the first one , no . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 23 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 24 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 25 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 26 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
| 27 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |
| 28 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 29 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 30 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |