Sentence examples for they were first from inspiring English sources

The phrase "they were first" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase in a sentence to describe a situation where a group of people or things were the first to do something or to arrive at a certain place. For example: - "The team from our school was the first to finish the race." - "In the history of this competition, they were the first to break the record." - "They were the first to arrive at the beach and set up camp for the weekend." - "Out of all the applicants, they were chosen as the first to receive the scholarship." - "Their company was the first to introduce this new technology to the market."