Example sentences of "[noun] first came [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This page : Rap styles first came to the UK via films like Wildstyle and Breakdance , and is now enjoying new interest from Hollywood after the huge US success of Kid N' Play 's House Party ( left ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Check to see if that was the position when our chaps first came on the scene . ’ |
| 3 | When the Angelfish first came onto the market , it was an aggressive fish which showed its intolerance towards other tank mates . |
| 4 | Ex-music journalist Nick Kelly and his band first came into the public eye in 1989 with the release of the excellent single ‘ Arclight ’ , which was voted Single of the Year in the 1989 Hot Press readers ' poll . |
| 5 | The 29-year-old from Sydney first came to the United States in 1981 for the world junior championship and won it . |
| 6 | The Dobermann first came to the UK in the late 1940s , imported from Holland by a keen ‘ stockman ’ , Lionel Hamilton-Renwick . |
| 7 | When Beth first came to the house , the rear garden was derelict . |
| 8 | The duo first came to the fore via their input on A Guy Called Gerald 's ‘ Voodoo Ray ’ , through their own fine single ‘ All This And Heaven Too ’ , and their production work on Kiss AMC 's category-confusing ‘ A Bit Of U2 ’ . |
| 9 | BENGALI beauty Rupa Ganguli first came to the notice of the celebrated film-maker B R Chopra when she appeared in the TV serial Ganadevta. v She was sensational as a peasant girl in a blouseless sari . |
| 10 | When the case first came before the Court of Appeal , the court , finding no assistance in the text of the Convention itself , held in effect that the proceedings had to be regarded as in a ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ both under the law of the requesting country , which must necessarily be the starting-point , and that of England , the courts of which had to be satisfied that the request did fall within the terms of the Act . |
| 11 | Garda James McElroy said that when the case first came before the court , on February 25 , it was found that there were no summonses to proceed with , although they had been served . |
| 12 | It was during her sister 's romance that Diana first came into the path of the man considered then to be the world 's most eligible bachelor . |
| 13 | Mr De Haan said a £3 a share offer would represent a 25 per cent compound annual growth for investors who had bought shares when the company first came to the stock market . |
| 14 | The mechanical bird first came to the attention of the Bowes at the Paris Exhibition in 1867 when it was the star attraction . |
| 15 | It is not surprising , then , that most of the interviewees first came to the decision to seek help as a direct result of some external influence . |
| 16 | Smith first came across the Academy 's prize problem ( Box B ) when browsing through their Comptes Rendus in February 1882 , though the problem had been posed almost a year earlier . |
| 17 | Ian Evans first came to the Palace in September 1974 as The Eagles sought to adjust to life in the 3rd Division , after plummeting straight through Division Two in 1973–74 , and he quickly established himself as a favourite among the fans at Selhurst Park with his wholehearted displays at the centre of our defence . |