Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [vb infin] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outrageously camp and very witty , Paul was an habitué of the Colony Room where he and Minton may have first met . |
| 2 | As far as I 'm concerned , Dickie must come first . |
| 3 | In short , Ollie would have first pickings — and sometimes sole pickings — from anything on offer . |
| 4 | LIVERPOOL will play first division Birmingham City at St Andrews in their first pre-season game on July 28 . |
| 5 | He 'll overlook the trespass on his lands and the assault on his person — oh , yes , there was an assault , and by all the signs a bitter one , too — if Harry will renounce his feud henceforward , but Harry will die first . |
| 6 | That is why awe of the love and holiness of God must come first in the awakening of our hearts . |
| 7 | God come He Christ must come first . |
| 8 | God might have first imagined stirs on the rock , |
| 9 | RUPERT MOON and Andrew Lamerton will win first caps for Wales against France in Paris after wholesale changes by selectors , including dropping scrum-half Robert Jones . |
| 10 | Ivor thought it odd defending champions Europe should go first because tradition , and courtesy , normally allows the visitors the honour . |
| 11 | With Tyson gone and Tucker 's prominence chequered in the continuing row over who Lewis should fight first , King has no charismatic heavyweight to bring in big money so sees Chavez as his passport into Mexico , where the fighter is viewed almost as a God and where vast live gates and previously untapped pay-per-view television income looms large . |
| 12 | Britain must come first |
| 13 | He opened a white-painted door with a stained glass transom window above it , then stood back so that Belinda could enter first . |
| 14 | Fleury and Harry were becoming dreadfully hungry , too , but Lucy and the O'Hanlons must come first , of course . |
| 15 | The Catalan side last night beat Benfica 2–1 in the Nou Camp stadium to top Group B of the competition 's semi-Finals while Red Star 's 3–2 defeat by Anderlecht meant that Sampdoria would finish first in Group A whatever their result against Panathinaikos . |