Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 2 | Pliny names Archermos in a family of Chiot sculptors , and another writer says he was the first to give Nike wings . |
| 3 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 4 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 5 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 6 | From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening . |
| 7 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 8 | When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’ |
| 9 | The Soyuz TM-13 flight which relieved him was the first to be undertaken since the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 11 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 12 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 13 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 14 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 15 | Yeah well they do n't think it was they do n't think it was the first one , no . |
| 16 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 17 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 18 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 19 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 20 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
| 21 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |
| 22 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 23 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 24 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 25 | Wickham looked at Marshall who said it was the first he had heard of it either . |
| 26 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 27 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 28 | ‘ At the last pre-inquiry meeting someone from the Department of Transport jumped up and said it was the first he had heard of the pylons , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
| 30 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |