Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos that the year they won that was the first year that what was it erm |
| 2 | Afterwards her mother said that was the first time anyone in the family had defended her . |
| 3 | So , you said that was the first thing , or were , was it that were both it |
| 4 | I said this was the first time I 'd ever been there . |
| 5 | Emile Al-Uzaizi , deputy leader of the council 's Tory opposition group and a social services committee member , said this was the first case of its kind he had known in his eight years on the council . |
| 6 | One campaigner said this was the first in a series of activities to support the coal industry . |
| 7 | Courtaulds Fibres commercial director said this was the first time such an exercise had been held in Spain and the Courtaulds site was chose because it was the first in the country to have an emergency plan approved by the civil protection authorities . |