Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | His luck — and he would have a lot of luck ( which he acknowledged generously and constantly ) — was to meet here the first of many teachers who set him on his way . |
| 2 | When I , I erm was calling out the first , right ? |
| 3 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |
| 4 | At last week 's Orbit trade show in Switzerland , Pinnacle was showing off the first in what will be a family of Mbus PDS-3 systems that 'll house Hypersparc and be followed by PDS-10 , Sparcstation 10-compatibles next year . |
| 5 | I do n't think so because it 's in the main street called street and I was taken over the first day . |