Example sentences of "come [adv] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donna shivered and decided to head back to the car , not even sure why she had come here in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |
| 3 | The possibility of getting that accommodation encourages many refugees to come here in the first place . |
| 4 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 5 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 6 | Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period . |
| 7 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 8 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 9 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 10 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 11 | But what does amaze me , is the reason why this motion came forward in the first place . |
| 12 | Trying to mould together a side in only four days with eight players coming together for the first time is a pretty difficult task . |
| 13 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 14 | And I reflect that if you remember to post early , the letter will come here by the first post ! |
| 15 | You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years . |