Example sentences of "[noun] have [to-vb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The club have to come first . ’ |
| 2 | Important work had to take first place . |
| 3 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 4 | It was during his second year at Manchester that he was offered the West Indies captaincy for the visit by Pakistan , but decided that his studies had to come first ; he had a strong sense of predestination and apparently felt that the leadership would be his eventually . |
| 5 | ‘ A lot of other things have to happen first . |
| 6 | Marion had to speak first . |
| 7 | She had no idea how to proceed during the ceremony and was relieved that a man had to go first . |
| 8 | The book caused Robert Blatchford , editor of the socialist newspaper The Clarion , to write to Mr Carpenter in some concern : economic change had to come first , said Mr Blatchford , and it would therefore be better not to mention sex until after socialism had been achieved . |
| 9 | Buck had to putt first . |
| 10 | Nick has to come first . |
| 11 | Whatever the outcome , he insists his family has to come first . |
| 12 | The recovery of a certain amount of poise , perspective and power has to come first . |