Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] of [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Managerial Grid 111 ( over a million copies were sold of the first two editions alone ) Blake and Mouton accuse Fleishman of ‘ faulty formulation and lack of demonstrated validity . ’ |
| 2 | Ferdinando came to his wife in such an open way that she was reminded of the first advances he had ever made and she was stirred in a way she believed no longer possible . |
| 3 | Beta , often known by its old proper name , was ranked of the first magnitude in ancient times , but is at present slightly below the second . |
| 4 | Thomas , from Acton , was convicted of the first rape by an Old Bailey jury on January 29 and of the attack on the 17-year-old girl on Thursday . |
| 5 | I was thinking of the first one which was reproduced in Herbert Read . |