Example sentences of "they be [verb] the first " in BNC.
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1 | The FMLN motto is : " land is collective property , it belongs to everyone and is for everyone " ; and they are undertaking the first steps towards a genuine agrarian reform . |
2 | The police and the courts should be the last resort for handling football indiscipline and we are reaching the stage where they are becoming the first . |
3 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
4 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
5 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
6 | They were hauling the first of the thin , encasing layers over the top of the frame , the heavily-suited men pulling on the guide ropes . |