Example sentences of "[was/were] during [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such trip was during the first week that Mr. Shipsey started his business — the bakery door was open and Dad and I stood and watched the proceedings , I gazed in amazement as the tin loaves were drawn from the oven , trays of currant buns brought out , brushed with sugar water applied by a three inch brush and doughnuts sprinkled with sugar . |
| 2 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 3 | Aeroplanes had been seen in the county from about 1912 but it was during the First World War that they became common . |
| 4 | That was during the First World War , I should be I suppose about five then . |
| 5 | He was a dredgerman yes , see he was on the river first then he went on the dredger and course that 's before my time and that was during the First World War he was on he was at Ramsgate . |