Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] come [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 2 | Three miles below the village they came upon the first of the hallowed plantations of Father Noah . |
| 3 | Within a few yards of the bank on which they had spent the uneasy night they came across the first sign of man . |
| 4 | Sure enough there was the Marina but this was not pegged and after walking under a railway bridge I came to the first peg , number 65 . |
| 5 | And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career . |
| 6 | And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career . |