Example sentences of "[pron] they [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alongside the new universities themselves , starting their degree courses from scratch and employing large numbers of sometimes rather dubiously qualified new lecturers , there was a parallel development in the polytechnics , many of them offering degree courses for the first time , and devising courses in subjects such as literature , languages , and philosophy that had nothing whatever to do with the technology-based courses for which they had first been invented . |
| 2 | Pushing the door open , she entered a dim chamber similar to the one in which they had first met Dubois . |
| 3 | The Slovenes of these newly acquired territories were no strangers to German rule , which they had first experienced under Charlemagne . |
| 4 | They booked time in several prestigious London studios and enlisted the help of producer Chris Allison , with whom they had first worked six months previously on ‘ My Favourite Dress ’ , but the recording began on a sour note and remained agitated throughout . |
| 5 | They remarked on the personal service , from the same senior consultant whom they had first met , comparing them with a larger firm who had acted in a heavy-handed way towards them and who had subsequently sent a junior consultant actually to handle the work , after they had dealt with the most senior partner at the beginning . |
| 6 | See exactly what they want first . |
| 7 | We have included in our proposal this year twenty thousand revenue effects of a hundred thousand pounds capital bid on traffic calming and other similar measures , something which is very popular around the city , as long as you ask people what they want first and which in previous years we put forward as a revenue bid . |