Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
| 2 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 3 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 4 | Do n't you see , as far as I knew , I was the first man ever to be displaced in time , though no doubt the timeslips were now making a regular thing of it . |
| 5 | I was the first home for England in the match against the USA at Birmingham 's Alexandra Stadium , overhauling Lincoln Asquith and Mike McFarlane in the second half of the race after a poor start but failing to catch the Americans Morris and Cook . |
| 6 | I would have moved slightly to the right , I w I was the first objective while you 're looking is to get out of the door . |
| 7 | I was the head of the ‘ Linguistics Section ’ of the Department , and in 1974 this became the ‘ Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language ’ , of which I was the first head . |
| 8 | I was the first person to take him simply as he was , and for that he showed his gratitude by giving me a light kiss on the cheek in the darkened carriage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I was the first person the Iranians contacted . |
| 11 | I was the first person in a nun 's care to get pregnant I 'm famous ! |
| 12 | I was the first person she turned to when she found herself pregnant . ’ |
| 13 | Gary says : I was the first person to go solo . |
| 14 | ‘ I bought them in Italy ( I was the first person in England to wear tinted glasses — Prince Philip had them after me ) and the little girl in the shop used to say , ‘ Dad , Dad , that 's Roy Orbison ’ . ’ |
| 15 | Does my hon. Friend recall that I was the first Minister to have responsibility for small businesses — even before the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) ? |
| 16 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 17 | When I had lived in Uganda I was the first daughter , after five boys , my parents and brothers , they really loved me , they hardly refused me anything . |
| 18 | I was the first son of an Efik tribesman in the Kingdom of Dahomey . |
| 19 | I was the first visitor that she had had since she was transferred from ‘ Grisly ’ Risley Remand Centre in Cheshire , where she sat out the murder and fraud trials . |
| 20 | They were all in a meeting , and they did n't quite know how to deal with me — I was the first celebrity ever to have gone . |
| 21 | I was the first woman ever into one of the famous gay bars . |
| 22 | For many years I was conscious that I was the first woman in my very large extended family to do this . |
| 23 | I was the first woman to start . |
| 24 | In 1982 I was the first Blackwoman to join the Sheba Feminist Publisher 's collective . |
| 25 | I was the first president of the gathering . |
| 26 | I had no idea where I was the first time |
| 27 | ‘ I was the first employee . |
| 28 | His was the first attempt to explain Stalinism as an aberration through the forms of Marxist analysis itself . |
| 29 | His was the first Guide to specify the names of each fell , beck , and tarn visible from his view point . |
| 30 | Theirs was the first company to deploy into the city in March and now , halfway through their second tour , their knowledge of the ground and the way of life of Derry is unsurpassed . |