Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you were right the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned . |
| 3 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 4 | Mr Douglas Hurd , Foreign Secretary , made clear that the sanctions were only a first step , to be followed if necessary by a ban on oil exports , source of 95 per cent of Col Gaddafi 's revenue . |
| 5 | He said the changes were only the first step in a longer plan for the building , a former cinema . |
| 6 | DARLINGTON were not the first NorthEast team to find that Tranmere always pack their reserve side with first-team players . |
| 7 | They were discovered in a search for diuretics , i.e. drugs which increase the volume of urine , and were not the first diuretics to have additional valuable properties . |
| 8 | The Scots were also the first home union to introduce a fully competitive league programme , which they did in season 1973/74 . |
| 9 | We were also the first sponsor of televised croquet in association with Granada TV and we have since launched a competition to stimulate schools involvement in this fascinating sport . |
| 10 | We were also the first place in southern Africa to be converted to Christianity , and different religious beliefs of all kinds already thrive there . |
| 11 | Market research surveys were probably the first type of opinion survey to be used and as early as the first decade of the twentieth century . |
| 12 | I think the work he has done here is incredible really , the West Riding under his care were probably the first Authority to start a collection of pictures to be bought for circulating in the schools . |
| 13 | Last night there were a lot of people at the gig who were here the first time around and they can relate to what we 're doing . |
| 14 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 15 | Advocating a full multiparty democratic system and the CPSU 's abandonment of " democratic centralism " , this was effectively the first faction openly to have emerged in the CPSU since the 1920s . |
| 16 | A mere two hundred miles from Washington had brought them into a different season although it was obviously the first hint of real autumn in New York : around them others were hurrying because they were too thinly dressed or tugging at coats and gloves that were unfamiliar and awkward after half a year at the back of the closet . |
| 17 | He repeated the Government 's support for Mr Patten , who embarked on his reforms last October , and said that publication of the plans was only a first step which should not be an obstacle to talks with Beijing . |
| 18 | It was wonderful , the shops were excellent , it was only the first day of our holiday and I had spent most of my money . |
| 19 | Taking the lifeboat out of the narrow harbour entrance into the face of 100-knot winds was only the first hazard . |
| 20 | That was only the first occasion that Chairman Khrushchev reminded Chairman Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth . |
| 21 | Cyril Humphries , the dealer who supplied Dr Sackler with most of his maiolica , backs up Mrs Sackler 's claim , noting that ‘ Dr Sackler always told me he would like to keep the collection intact … he wanted eventually to collect the entire spectrum of ceramic arts , and the maiolica was only the first part of it . ’ |
| 22 | Rabin said the agreement was only the first step towards a hoped for comprehensive Middle East peace . |
| 23 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |
| 24 | It dared to question the assumption that the creation of wealth , at whatever social cost , was necessarily the first priority of an economic system . |
| 25 | But it was good just to lie in the darkness , curled against him , listening to his even breathing , and know this was just the first night of the rest of their lives . |
| 26 | Coun. Williams said the scheme , which bans traffic from High Row , Skinnergate , Bondgate and Blackwellgate between 10.30 and 4pm , was just the first step in a review of the whole town centre . |
| 27 | And that was just the first shampoo ! |
| 28 | She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . |
| 29 | Blake suspected that he was not the first person who had asked himself that question or had come to the same irrational conclusion . |
| 30 | It was not the first temple on the site . |