Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither Princess was of first rank in the European hierarchy of royalty and both were protestants . |
| 2 | When this was pointed out , the family 's reaction was at first disbelief and then concern , because the sale would have fallen through on this point , especially as , when they acquired the property , they had used a solicitor and a surveyor . |
| 3 | The second factor was at first O-levels . |
| 4 | The tenanted trade manager was at first Mike Bryan , a former area manager for Whitbreads . |
| 5 | John 's next decision was at first blush disconcerting . |
| 6 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |