Example sentences of "been [adv] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 He had been right the first time .
2 Attlee was ecstatic about the idea of his viceroy staying on , perceiving it as ‘ a great boost for Britain and for the Commonwealth ’ , a sentiment shared by the now fully evolved Commonwealth statesman — he had been perhaps the first to see the possibilities of the role — General Smuts : ‘ This does not look like quitting ’ , he cabled to Attlee on hearing the news .
3 come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a
4 I also remember meeting Johnnie Cooper , then a subaltern , but a long serving ex-N.C.O. who had been probably the first man recruited to the infant regiment by David Stirling .
5 I did n't know he 'd even been out the first time .
6 He had been almost the first to express his belief in the certainty of a future Labour Government .
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