Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they were phased out of first line units Londons went mostly to 4 Coastal Operational Training Unit , but a few passed to the Flying-Boat Training Squadron ( FBTS ) at Stranraer . |
| 2 | Each group was led by a soloist representing the leader of a particular orchestral section so that as the themes were taken up by first one and then another section , the various groups of dancers joined in . |
| 3 | The validation was carried out by first producing in report format a list of activities and associated information that appeared relevant to each functional group , then asking questions of selected staff on the basis of this list . |
| 4 | Tait , son of an ex-Wor-kington Town star , was thrust immediately into first team action , scoring a try in the Premiership Final victory over St. Helens when he came on as substitute in only his third game . |
| 5 | Even I did n't believe what was going on at first . |
| 6 | Their top class operation was recognised recently with first place in northern region 's quarterly audit checks . |
| 7 | BRITISH LIONS stand-off Stuart Barnes was ruled out of first Test contention in New Zealand this morning by the intervention of his half-back partner Robert Jones . |
| 8 | The sandstone was quarried here at first , but later mined when this was found to be more economical than removing the ‘ overburden ’ — the rock and soil which has to be dug away in quarrying to get at the useful strata . |
| 9 | Although the French offer of a ‘ half-peace ’ ( a truce for a set period of between fifteen and thirty years , in exchange for an English undertaking not to use the French royal title during that period ) was taken seriously at first , it was turned down when the English demanded a perpetual peace together with the grant of Normandy and an enlarged Aquitaine ( as in 1360 ) in full sovereignty . |
| 10 | Then the Champion got banned for his ride on Midnight Air who was thrown out of first place after the Fillies Mile . |
| 11 | Now Hereford 's cup run was finished off by first division Nottingham Forest … they lost two nil but have boosted the bank balance with over twenty four thousand packing into the City Ground yesterday |