Example sentences of "first [noun] was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first building was a chapel of ease . |
| 2 | ‘ It was something I 'd always fantasised about , ’ says Kitty , whose first try was a group sex video titled Kitty Kitty Bang Bang . |
| 3 | But the first try was a shambles , and I was caught . ’ |
| 4 | My first bike was a Hercules , which Grandma got for me from a niece of hers . |
| 5 | Nigerian nationalism in the first instance was a reaction to British imperialism and took its form from the nature of British rule , as mediated by different social strata . |
| 6 | The first album was a lot about outward feeling . |
| 7 | Almost his first action was a post-election dawn raid in July 1983 on departmental budgets . |
| 8 | By an order dated 26 January 1989 , the stay on proceedings against the second defendant was lifted , and on 16 December 1991 , on a counterclaim by the second defendant , the plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement and to repayment of the £18,000 , leaving as the sole issue the question whether the agreement of 2 March 1988 between the plaintiff and the first defendant was a defence to the plaintiff 's claim against the second defendant . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , Lord George 's first command was a vessel with an extremely small crew of only 45 men , including officers , which left little room for many aspirants to commissioned rank . |
| 10 | That realisation is a product of the power of rational thought which came to the emerging ‘ human' ’ being in the course of the evolutionary process , for it is in remote retrospect that man can now see that the division of the first cell was a ‘ good ’ event , and had to be defined as such for the unanswerable reason that it could not have been anything else , otherwise there was nothing that could be defined as the origin of ‘ good ’ that was not dependent on dogma and superstition . |
| 11 | The first talk was a skilful weaving of scriptural insights , personal experiences , interspersed with the music of the Iona Community . |
| 12 | My first girlfriend was a Conlon . |
| 13 | Of course we did n't have servants , but my first bedroom was a little L-shaped room that must have been a maid 's room . |
| 14 | The first result was a dream that very night . |
| 15 | My first attempt was a portrait study of a child done from life ; an impossible subject to do directly in paint and not so easy even as a simple drawing . |
| 16 | His first car was a 1964 Ford Consul which he and three friends bought for £15 , plus an additional £5 for petrol . |
| 17 | World Cup referee George Courtney : ‘ My first car was a blue Ford Consul . |
| 18 | My first car was a twin-carburettor Singer sports car , bright red with a silvery grey hood shaped from part of a wartime barrage balloon ; it was supported by two metal frames shaped like ice hockey goals . |
| 19 | Our first car was a pale green Morris 1000 . |
| 20 | The AEF 's very first publication was a commissioned study of the practicability ( or otherwise ) of reducing light aircraft noise at source . |
| 21 | The first half was a tale of missed opportunities for 'Mill . |
| 22 | The decisive goal in the dying seconds of the first half was a beauty . |
| 23 | His first half was a pearl — even Drillo said that . |
| 24 | The first half was a stroll … more like a practice game for Town as they picked Torquay off … deadly serious for Swindon centre forward Steve White he was back in his favourite number nine shirt and celebrated with his 200 th goal in football … three cheers for Chalky … |
| 25 | With the stakes so high , the lack of atmosphere on the terraces in the first half was a complete mystery . |
| 26 | Thomas 's first proposal was a field in Carno , near the Post Office , for sale at £12,000 , twelve miles from Tybrith but closer to their new home , Clogau . |
| 27 | Our first run was a bit more of a struggle , as we tackled the biggest mogul slope in Valmorel ! |
| 28 | My first intelligence was a grave disappointment . |
| 29 | Spurs ' best effort in the first period was a 25-yard shot from Gray just beyond the far post , though Samways tested Rees with a low effort from the left . |
| 30 | The first period was a one-on-one . |