Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Eric , who was modestly competent in English but certainly not fluent , was packed off first to a boarding school then to University College School , Hampstead . |
| 2 | Gregory 's father died when he was still a boy , and he was brought up first by his great-uncle , Nicetius , then a priest in Chalon-sur- Saône , but later bishop of Lyons , and afterwards by Avitus , archdeacon of Clermont , where his uncle Gallus was bishop . |
| 3 | On the passenger side InterCity was taken out first ; then all the London-commuter-belt services were grouped to form London & South East ( later renamed Network SouthEast ) ; finally , everything left over formed Other Provincial Services ( later renamed Provincial ) . |
| 4 | In ( c ) French blue was put down first and again pale viridian on top . |
| 5 | No , of course not — it was typed out first . |