Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Before long England were benefitting from the first of a string of catches dropped by both sides , and their total of 263 was over a hundred more than it would have been had Boycott , Woolmer and Botham not had a second chance . |
2 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
3 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
4 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
5 | So you were looking in the first place ! |
6 | The conditions were appaling in the first half . |
7 | The view in this paper is that the sense of disillusionment many people were experiencing during the first year of the war resulted from an over-valuation of man 's nature , and an attempt to deny the reality of death for people one loved . |
8 | The R5 commentators were complaining about the first half saying how rubbish it was — Mike Ingham , the worst scum lover . |
9 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
10 | Sometimes called the ‘ Jazz Modern ’ style , International Modern was a term coined in the United States to refer to the new architectural style of the twentieth century , which architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius were creating before the First World War . |
11 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
12 | The wisdom of the Northern Ireland Branch of introducing a Grade 4B a few years ago , is paying off now , when this grade attracted an entry of 21 bands , some of which were playing for the first time . |