Example sentences of "were [verb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold !
2 The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes .
3 As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise .
4 When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was .
5 So if we were talking about the Middle Ages we had Gregorian chants , or if we were doing the First World War we had First-world-war songs .
6 Her plans were overthrown the first day when the president requested that she should be chaplain .
7 While such behaviour can not be condoned , an occasional show of controlled passion from England 's bowlers would not have gone amiss on the same ground when Australia were winning the first Test .
8 Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him .
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