Example sentences of "he [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He were the first |
| 2 | He was the first man I ever thought of partnering . ’ |
| 3 | After the war he was the first Welshman to become an accredited guide of the British Mountaineering Council . |
| 4 | Budworth is particularly important because he was the first fell walker to record his ascents with the same attitude and feelings as we have today . |
| 5 | He continued to conduct retreats : the old students at Cuddesdon , clergy at Pleshey in Essex , the Franciscans at Cerne Abbas in Dorset , the nuns at Whitby ; probably he was the first archbishop in the history of the see to make so much time for such days of peace , even though , for the conductor , they were days of intellectual and emotional effort . |
| 6 | However , he was the first who did not under estimate the power and the complexity of the system which had produced such a state of affairs . |
| 7 | He was the first man I ever really looked at . |
| 8 | He was the first ex-professional to be so honoured . |
| 9 | Although Balcon was not the first to make films in Germany , he was the first to do so on a regular basis . |
| 10 | It was preceded by lengthy backbench Opposition speeches which prompted Mr Christopher Chope , junior environment minister , to point out that he was the first government speaker for some four hours . |
| 11 | He also created a profession ; he was the first outstanding golfer to write about the game . |
| 12 | He was the first European to win a Masters title and the difference between him doing that and Tony Jacklin winning the US Open in 1970 is that by the Eighties there were other talents ready to be inspired by the Ballesteros achievement . |
| 13 | He was the first guy I ever saw in military clothes before the main craze for the mods dressing up in military uniforms went on . |
| 14 | He was the first white man of my generation to really tune into the sensual aspect of being physical . |
| 15 | He was the first son of Northern Dancer to make the grade on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 16 | Although he was the first to use motor transport on an extensive scale in Lewis — many a time as a youngster I ran a mile to see his fleet of yellow Fords — he failed to see that the advent of the bus made it possible for the crofter to live in the country and work in the town . |
| 17 | Surprisingly , others looked brand new , as if he was the first person to walk along them . |
| 18 | He was the first to see the amusing side when golfers asked for a caddie — ‘ Your Worship ’ and mused that both his roles were ones of service . |
| 19 | Fred Heatley believes that he was the first marcher to be arrested . |
| 20 | He was the first person I 'd met that day who did n't know what a dolmen was . |
| 21 | When PC Keith Blakelock was stabbed to death on 6 October 1985 during the rioting in the Broadwater Farm Estate he was the first Metropolitan policeman to be killed in a riot since PC Culley in 1833 . |
| 22 | He was the first British businessman to take advantage of air travel , although many of the early passengers flew for business reasons . |
| 23 | Also , he was the first English-speaker Sandison had met since his arrival in the city . |
| 24 | He was the first man in nearly twenty years to have a full-face mug-shot on the cover of Surfer . |
| 25 | So he was the first person who united the states of Castille and Leon , and the first who was called King of Castille ; for till this time the lords of that country had been called Counts . |
| 26 | He was the first in a line of long-serving Chairmen , whose keen interest in the tramway contributed in no small measure to its success and survival . |
| 27 | The defensive headers of the tall , red-haired Roberts soon made him a familiar figure at Highbury , and he was the first defending centre-half to earn the name ‘ policeman ’ or ‘ stopper ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Breaking down old traditions , he was the first club manager who set out methodically to organize the winning of matches , ’ observed the Daily Mail . |
| 29 | He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect . |
| 30 | CD began writing up his travels for the Daily News , of which he was the first editor , and 8 ‘ Travelling Letters ’ appeared there between 21 Jan. and 11 Mar. 1846 , ending with the section entitled ‘ Piacenza to Bologna ’ in the book ; the ‘ Travelling Letters ’ were revised , and the remaining sections written for its publication as Pictures from Italy in May 1846 ( Bradbury & Evans , 1 vol . ) . |