Example sentences of "be [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if there are a lot of runners , that horse will be in the first four . |
| 2 | We may not be in the First Eleven , but we are a pretty strong team , Hazlitt , Charles Lamb , Beerbohm , Chesterton and Haverford Downs . |
| 3 | The other bet says that horse will be in the first three . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall raffle you , to see who will be in the first half dozen . ’ |
| 5 | If they are ever opened , the Hunterston plants would be among the first direct reduction iron works in the Western world . |
| 6 | The crew of that canoe were believed to be among the first human beings to set foot on the Islands . |