Example sentences of "it [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 2 | In the evening they went walking , hand in hand , as if it were the first love for each of them . |
| 3 | Obviously is neither a scalar nor the component of a four-vector : if it were the first it would remain constant under the Lorentz transformation to S ' if it were the second the change would be linear in γ . |
| 4 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 5 | It was the first time our national and international network had gathered together in one place and made us all realise just how much the work has grown . ’ |
| 6 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 7 | It was the first blush after dawn , a fledgling day … |
| 8 | ‘ It was the first thing you wanted to do , ’ she says . |
| 9 | Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers . |
| 10 | It was the first of a range of ‘ year beers ’ . |
| 11 | It was the first truly successful undersea cable , continuing in business for the next 24 years . |
| 12 | For some , it was the first step outside the embassy grounds for three months . |
| 13 | It was the first anti-abortion group in the world . |
| 14 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |
| 15 | It was the first day of the new university year . |
| 16 | It was the first time Yusupov has ever beaten Karpov , and leaves the scores level with three games left to play . |
| 17 | It was the first enthronement of an archbishop since television became a national service ; and Ramsey agreed to broadcast on television on the night before his enthronement . |
| 18 | It was a very old-fashioned store — which was hardly surprising as it was the first department store in London . |
| 19 | It was the first rehearsal with the band and none of us had turned up . |
| 20 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 21 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 22 | It was the first personal bequest she had ever received , and the first time in years that she had cried . |
| 23 | It was the first company to introduce duvets in both the UK and the US . |
| 24 | Running the film group for ICI gave Haslam particular pleasure because it was the first time he had ever been fully in charge of a business , which he found very challenging . |
| 25 | It was the first secondary modern school in the area to introduce O-level courses and the young Roddick was one of twenty girls specially selected to participate in the experiment . |
| 26 | It was the first Christmas anybody had even been absent and Moran seemed to be painfully aware of Luke 's absence . |
| 27 | In midwinter — it was the first week of February — there were few dogs in his compounds , although there was one large , affable-looking but wholly terrified cat . |
| 28 | It was the first official declaration that British passports mean nothing if their owners are black . |
| 29 | And it was the first public result attributable to the second generation at Pininfarina , Pinin 's son Sergio and his brother-in-law , Renzo Carli . ’ |
| 30 | It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with . |