Example sentences of "was in [pos pn] first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I was in my first year at Bedford .
2 I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme .
3 ‘ I first heard about the race while I was in my first term at Exeter University , ’ she told ACCOUNTANCY .
4 Also at the tournament were Manuel and Severiano Ballesteros , who was in his first year on the tour , and only eighteen years old .
5 Hunt was in his first season with McLaren when his talent influenced them to sign him as leader , after his former team , Hesketh , folded at the end of 1975 .
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