Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably most of those surviving were reasonably active , as they would die rather quickly when they succumbed to their first serious illness at this stage of life . |
| 2 | But I was pleased that the World Bank said we had done as much in our first year as they did in their first 10 . ’ |
| 3 | On the other side , revolutionary parties may come to accept more of the existing social institutions than they did in their first enthusiastic advocacy of a brave new world . |
| 4 | Is not it time for the Government to compensate the people whom they damaged in their first Tory recession ? |
| 5 | Kildare , who as they smiled on their first born son in 1725 decided to christen him Arthur , ( 2 ) ( 1725–1803 ) after his godfather and benefactor Archbishop Arthur Price of Cashel . |