Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] come first " in BNC.
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| 1 | One 18-year-old insurance clerk from Birchfield explained how he reached a sort of cross-road after his training began to detract from his studies : ‘ I came to the conclusion that my career came first and , at 18 , I had to look at my prospects . |
| 2 | But my mother came first is n't it and it was easier for me . |
| 3 | Does the Minister not recognise the dangers of fragmenting the health service and destroying the planning framework ; the cost of ever-increasing bureaucracy ; the reduction in choice for the doctor ; the fear that this is a road that leads to a two-tier system in which money comes first and the Health Service is relegated to a safety-net , fallback provision ? |
| 4 | ‘ While you work with me the interests of IAP and its clients come first . |
| 5 | In Joan Halton 's attempt to be more whole , she needed to know more about her desire to come first , at least for part of the time , rather than always maintaining the veneer of premature maturity she had felt forced into adopting as a child . |
| 6 | Information flow of a different kind was explored by Walter Gilbert ( Harvard ) , asking whether genes or their introns came first . |
| 7 | It was double joy for Ian Bryson 's Glassdrummond when their quartets came first and third respectively in Grade 4A , with Cottown ‘ A ’ holding onto their previous year 's runner-up spot . |
| 8 | It must be very hard for those fresh-faced New Georgians to realise that in their wake comes first the ruched blind , then the office use , followed by a bevy of Sock Shops , Tie Racks and Knickerboxes . |
| 9 | Their causes come first ‘ in the order of things ’ and are ‘ more known to nature ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Those who tell you their careers come first and do n't leave them time for a family , are simply making an excuse . |
| 11 | ‘ Those who tell you their careers come first and do n't leave them time for a family , are simply making an excuse . |
| 12 | To B. , the happiness of her family comes first and she is , in the eyes of Miller , clearly in the right all along . |
| 13 | They need to struggle with the thorny issue of whose interests come first , and they must be ready to let go of some aspirations and commitments if they are to enjoy what they decide to do . |
| 14 | Now safely married , does he need to overstate his determination to come first , constantly afraid that if he gives an inch , he will inevitably lose a mile ? |
| 15 | One said that devotions helped to keep things in perspective and one asked whether Christ and his commission came first ? ! |
| 16 | He was determined to win where Fisher had failed and his members came first . |
| 17 | Your Child Comes First |
| 18 | YOUR SAFETY COMES FIRST |