Example sentences of "were [verb] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though passages were booked for Macnab and Margaret Joyce , who were to go first while Joyce settled their affairs in London , the tickets were never used . |
| 2 | Her misery was made complete because she was separated from her two sons who were flying first class . |
| 3 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 4 | For when Chapman arrived in 1925 the Gunners were finding First Division survival a hard struggle . |
| 5 | Away from the politics , dealers in ICI were humming first thing with the story that the chemicals giant is poised to sell its fibres division to America 's Du Pont for £300m . |