Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] they [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
2 | The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal . |
3 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
4 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
5 | ‘ Why do you think your father left them in the first place ? ’ |
6 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
7 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |