Example sentences of "first [noun sg] was a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first building was a chapel of ease . |
| 2 | ‘ It was something I 'd always fantasised about , ’ says Kitty , whose first try was a group sex video titled Kitty Kitty Bang Bang . |
| 3 | But the first try was a shambles , and I was caught . ’ |
| 4 | Nigerian nationalism in the first instance was a reaction to British imperialism and took its form from the nature of British rule , as mediated by different social strata . |
| 5 | The first album was a lot about outward feeling . |
| 6 | By an order dated 26 January 1989 , the stay on proceedings against the second defendant was lifted , and on 16 December 1991 , on a counterclaim by the second defendant , the plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement and to repayment of the £18,000 , leaving as the sole issue the question whether the agreement of 2 March 1988 between the plaintiff and the first defendant was a defence to the plaintiff 's claim against the second defendant . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , Lord George 's first command was a vessel with an extremely small crew of only 45 men , including officers , which left little room for many aspirants to commissioned rank . |
| 8 | My first girlfriend was a Conlon . |
| 9 | The first result was a dream that very night . |
| 10 | My first attempt was a portrait study of a child done from life ; an impossible subject to do directly in paint and not so easy even as a simple drawing . |
| 11 | The first half was a stroll … more like a practice game for Town as they picked Torquay off … deadly serious for Swindon centre forward Steve White he was back in his favourite number nine shirt and celebrated with his 200 th goal in football … three cheers for Chalky … |
| 12 | His first half was a pearl — even Drillo said that . |
| 13 | The first half was a tale of missed opportunities for 'Mill . |
| 14 | The decisive goal in the dying seconds of the first half was a beauty . |
| 15 | Thomas 's first proposal was a field in Carno , near the Post Office , for sale at £12,000 , twelve miles from Tybrith but closer to their new home , Clogau . |
| 16 | Our first run was a bit more of a struggle , as we tackled the biggest mogul slope in Valmorel ! |
| 17 | The first room was a waiting-room , a ramshackle place where grey stuffing oozed from knife slashes across the plastic seats . |
| 18 | ‘ Willie Falconer and Slaven back with the first team was a sight to behold . |
| 19 | ‘ His first race was a bumper at Ayr and he won at 33-1 . |
| 20 | The first night was a triumph , with flowers thrown from the boxes , bouquets thrust into the hands of the doorman , reporters scurrying to their work before morning . |
| 21 | First prize was a helicopter ride won by Mrs Isobelle Flood . |
| 22 | The first game was a shock 10–6 victory over a Chairman 's XV , comprising of the British territory 's second string . |
| 23 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 24 | Her first stop was a house in Dudley Road , New Brighton , and from there she was going to Bedford Drive , Rock Ferry , and The Wiend , Birkenhead as well as Grange Cottage , Little Storeton Lane , Birkenhead . |
| 25 | First stop was a party given by Lord Wolfson , the businessman , at Claridges . |
| 26 | Each child cradled a doll dressed in red and their first song was a lullaby , arranged by John , called Mamma 's Babee . |
| 27 | The first book was a novel about nurses in the Second World War , a pair of lovers in a training hospital — Boy assumed that Madame had lived though this . |
| 28 | That first autumn was a dream of autumn |
| 29 | Her first taste was a crossing to Inishbofin where , five minutes after leaving the shore , we were into a six foot Atlantic swell . |
| 30 | The first list was a set of n-grams taken from a short dictionary ( 11,795 words ) , and the second was a list of n-grams taken from a larger dictionary ( 71,279 words ) . |