Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although , as we have seen , Saxon infiltration into the Sussex area took a more peaceable form in the fourth and fifth centuries , Ella 's invasion may not have been the first . |
| 2 | They 'll not have been the first tourists to be fed to the sharks and they wo n't be the last . ’ |
| 3 | While his passion for theology seems to have pre-occupied him mainly during his period as a cardinal , he would not have been the first to have changed the direction of his interests when more practical challenges came his way . |
| 4 | Gould might have been disorientated — his record of dates , distances and directions are sometimes unreliable ; he might have exaggerated the achievements of his expedition — he would not have been the first explorer to do so ; or he might have been misquoted by an over-enthusiastic press . |
| 5 | Liveseys ' would only ever have been the first rung of the ladder , to him . ’ |
| 6 | I would n't have been the first guy he 'd ever seen at that hour . |
| 7 | Do n't Sing was the first single to chart , though it was n't until When Love Breaks Down was released for the second time in 1985 that things really started to happen . |