Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 Where combined schools exist , usually in areas where primary and secondary schools have been replaced by first , middle and high schools and whole first and middle schools are occasionally run into a single ( combined school ) organization , there is some continuity of teacher programming from the age of 5 through to 12 years .
2 On May 16 two white mine officials were killed in clashes at the nearby President Steyn gold mine , where black miners had been dismissed after first being attacked by their white colleagues for wearing ANC emblems .
3 If the person has been prepared for First Communion by being helped to develop a sense of belonging with others who believe , by being helped to develop a sense of the sacred , and by being helped to develop a sense of the presence of Jesus , and a desire to be in communion with Him and in communion with the others present , the experience of First Communion will be rich and powerful .
4 And , ironically , both opportunities to manage Glentoran Seconds have been presented by first team boss Robert Strain .
5 School had been tiring at first on transfer but she had soon got used to it : originally she had belonged to a number of clubs in the early day ( Thursday ) when all such activities take place , but now preferred to go home early .
6 His depression had been caused at first by what he considered to be the disturbing condition of the victors after the war : he was uneasy about the foreign policy of both England and the United States , as well as about the intentions of Russia .
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