Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today .
2 Now that you have a clear idea of what regression therapy involves , it is time to look at the sort of problems that cause people to need such therapy — why and how such problems have arisen in the first place and how they can limit people 's lives and potential .
3 The stories have arisen in the first place because cannibalism is a fairly standardized imaginary attribute of the bestial " others " , not just among Europeans but in the world at large .
4 Lynch , who fell on Barney Maclyvie at the first 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have been told that a lot of good jockeys have fallen at the first fence in their first ride in the National and then gone on to win the race next time .
5 In the past year , serious peace talks have begun for the first time to end Guatemala 's 30-year old civil war between the army and a number of guerrilla organisations grouped together in the URNG coalition .
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