Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] come first [conj] " 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 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Those who tell you their careers come first and do n't leave them time for a family , are simply making an excuse . |
| 5 | ‘ Those who tell you their careers come first and do n't leave them time for a family , are simply making an excuse . |
| 6 | To B. , the happiness of her family comes first and she is , in the eyes of Miller , clearly in the right all along . |