Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the time when the old style of gabled manor was feeling the first breath of classical ideas . |
| 2 | Harriet 's first big move was to become the first girl to win the British Junior Championships . |
| 3 | Well before I went to Hemel Hempstead , my father was dredging the first part of the quay at six hundred feet , what we call a six hundred feet , the first part and er I used to take his dinner down , because he 'd , he would n't have anything cooked aboard the ship . |
| 4 | The Wensleydale-born man was elected the first president of the Society by those gathered in the watchmaker 's shop in 1835 and held that post until his death in 1858 . |
| 5 | In 1656 John Washington left Sulgrave and sailed for America where his descendant was to become the first President . |
| 6 | Kinloch stood as the Whig candidate in the election that followed , and in December of that year was elected the first MP for the borough . |
| 7 | The switchboard was jammed the first night I wore them — it really is odd the little things that bring an instant response . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister was attending the first meeting at the Royal Society of Arts in London of the Walpole Committee , an amalgam of private industry whose objective is to talk up the best that Britain has to offer . |
| 9 | The decision was to pursue the first option with some changes to current legislation : stronger investigative powers for the Director General of Fair Trading ; permitting the Director General to accept enforceable undertakings from companies before an investigation under the Competition Act , or in lieu of a monopoly reference under the Fair Trading Act ; and scope for interim orders under the Competition Act to prohibit specific activities by a firm where there is a risk of serious damage to a competitor , supplier , or customer during the period of the MMC's investigation . |