Example sentences of "[was/were] [pos pn] first [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Betty Ford Clinic is a famous place , but what were your first impressions of it ? |
| 2 | What were your first impressions of Walsall |
| 3 | This tournament was my first outing of the year . |
| 4 | ‘ That was my first experience of Genesis and I loved it ! |
| 5 | It was my first experience of flying and I soon came to like the journeys , usually from Aberdeen to Norwich for me , in the low flying Fokker Friendships of Air Anglia , later to become Air UK . |
| 6 | It was my first experience of being totally responsible for trying to get funds , selling people the idea and overseeing the building . " |
| 7 | That was my first experience of electronic monitoring . |
| 8 | As this was my first experience of squadron life , I quickly fell into its easy way , I was rather surprised to find I was already selected to play rugger for the squadron the following Sunday , and also went straight into the squadron tennis team . |
| 9 | This was my first sight of Rosemary at the time of her engagement to Basil . |
| 10 | Sorrel was on duty at her stall on the corner of the flea market , so that was my first port of call . |
| 11 | That was my first bit of bad luck . |
| 12 | This was my first indication of how desperate actors can get . |
| 13 | It was my first taste of big-time athletics , and my first visit to Gateshead . |
| 14 | It was my first taste of a major Grand Prix meeting and I thought that it was brilliant , colourful and exciting . |
| 15 | That was my first impression of a city whose disastrous birth rate has made it the largest in the world , a vast expanse of concentrated housing broken only by open spaces of baked earth where the wind-blown dust swirled , and far away to port the snow-capped volcanic hulks of Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl towering huge through the burnt brown atmosphere . |
| 16 | This was my first understanding of him . |
| 17 | It follows the success of last year 's visit to Holland which for many was their first experience of the continent . |
| 18 | It was their first sight of an Axminster plant in operation . |
| 19 | For many veterans of Operation Chariot , this was their first sight of the model on which the raid was planned . |
| 20 | It was their first moment of spontaneous shared amusement that Pascoe could remember . |
| 21 | It was their first lesson of many , that what was promised and paid for bore little relation to what would be received . |
| 22 | It was her first sight of the city , and it was magical . |
| 23 | It was her first experience of staying in a country house . |
| 24 | She had not looked at Mrs Frizzell 's copy , so this was her first glimpse of it . |
| 25 | It was his first bowl of the day , and in his third over his extra pace defeated Mujtaba 's attempt to pull through midwicket ; Smith held a standard catch . |
| 26 | It was his first call of the day and it was still very dark . |
| 27 | It was his first goal of the season . |
| 28 | It was his first experience of such blatant prejudice and it came as a shock . |
| 29 | It was his first sight of his grandson and he felt a pang of anxiety as he looked down at him . |
| 30 | It was his first capitulation of the day . |