Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen Mother was at first expected to stay at her London home , Clarence House , but is now scheduled to attend . |
| 2 | German ‘ pure ’ contrapuntal keyboard music was at first always for organ , not harpsichord , and stylistically modelled on the Venetians , as may be seen in the two fantasies and two canzoni francese in Paix 's book and the various organ works of Hassler and his successor at Augsburg , Christian Erbach ( c. 1570–1635 ) . |
| 3 | ACCORDING to Clarence Wyatt 's ‘ Paper Soldiers ’ * , being sent to wartime Vietnam was at first about as agreeable a job as a reporter could hope for . |
| 4 | The tenanted trade manager was at first Mike Bryan , a former area manager for Whitbreads . |
| 5 | The morale of the air force was at first excellent , this being achieved through provision of better rations and other privileges . |
| 6 | Consequently in the western world diamonds were at first not regarded as objects of beauty — other stones such as emeralds and red garnets were preferred . |
| 7 | They did not wear much in the way of body protection or helmets ( early Frankish shield bosses were at first classified as helmets by early archaeologists ) . |
| 8 | The citation order was at first unsatisfactory and modifications were made in order to better reflect the needs of users . |