Example sentences of "[pers pn] were the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , you were the first on the scene , and this is the second time you 've been , well almost , in at the death . |
| 2 | We put the staff in costumes instead of uniforms and we were the first to really ‘ love ’ children while other restaurants tolerated them . ’ |
| 3 | We were the first up the hill and had to break a path , so although a summer walk up Schiehallion is simple and quick to the point of disappointment , winter is a trifle harder . |
| 4 | ‘ We were the first in the country to supply pre-installed networks , ’ says Mr Spiro , ‘ and all Elonex PCs come as a complete plug-in system with Windows 3.1 as standard . ’ |
| 5 | They were the first of thousands of Tiller Girls who would feel like crawling home after rehearsals . |
| 6 | Perhaps because they were the first in the field , or more probably for deeply rooted socio-political reasons , the classicists have never been seriously challenged — theories have come and theories have gone but the belief in the control function of management has remained — even more so at the level of practice than of theory , although at that level , some insights can be gained . |