Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the [num ord] person [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gary says : I was the first person to go solo . |
| 2 | I was the first person to take him simply as he was , and for that he showed his gratitude by giving me a light kiss on the cheek in the darkened carriage . |
| 3 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 4 | She was the first person to say to me , ‘ Do n't go through life saying , if only … ’ |
| 5 | I told her she was the first person to see it since I started work on it . |
| 6 | She was the last person living to speak the language of the native islanders , so it was a pity that she could no longer use her tongue , except now and then to rasp out a harsh fragment of a song . |
| 7 | He was the first person to visit her after her divorce in 1963. ’ — PA |
| 8 | He was the first person to bring Prize Ring fighting to America . |
| 9 | In his Essay on Population in 1803 he was the first person to consider what would happen if the world 's population were to continue to grow unabated . |
| 10 | Surprisingly , others looked brand new , as if he was the first person to walk along them . |
| 11 | A man who 's recently died called Percy Stalwood who lived next door reckons that he was the last person to use the well . |
| 12 | ‘ He was the last person to see your boyfriend here in Beirut . |
| 13 | That was in her favour , and if she did happen to be a female tea leaf , well , he was the last person entitled to throw stones . |