Example sentences of "[noun] come [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 2 | Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels . |
| 3 | The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood . |
| 4 | Comrades led 2–1 until the 79th minute , their two goals coming in the first half from David Eddis against one from a Dean Gordon own goal but United hit back late in the game . |
| 5 | Yet , the unambitious satiric intentions are fulfilled , the most successful sequences coming in the first fifteen minutes . |
| 6 | Half an hour later , descending the stairs , she was startled to hear voices coming from the first floor . |
| 7 | Sarah came through the first week of marriage with few hopes of real happiness , though she was pleased enough with her elevated circumstances . |
| 8 | His rise to prominence came during the first Dutch war ( 1652–4 ) . |
| 9 | One of the liveliest days of the campaign came during the first week . |
| 10 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 11 | Even Tan 's timing of the mysterious opening arpeggio gives warming of the drama to come in the first movement . |
| 12 | Stock boats came on the first day , they start coming away in May . |
| 13 | The announcement came on the first day of a planned four-day general strike called by the Confederation of Trade Unions ( CTU ) to protest at the country 's perilous economic situation [ see p. 38836 ] . |
| 14 | In each of Jesus ' beatitudes , God 's blessing comes in the first line , and is then followed by the effect of this blessing on us in the second line . |
| 15 | Then , just short of his hall at Forteviot , the King came across the first group of injured . |
| 16 | The wife came to the first cavern and saw the dreadful dragon , stretched out all along the sea , shooting out foam and spume from her nostrils , lashing up the waves with her tail . |
| 17 | THE Weightman Rutherfords Liverpool Competition has got off to a tremendous start with 54 wins coming from the first 72 fixtures . |
| 18 | The man who inspired many of the staff to come in the first place was Seymour Papert . |
| 19 | Several titles are already available with the joint logo , and the first new titles under the arrangement come in the first half of this year . |
| 20 | He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government . |
| 21 | It 's not how many people come to the first night of your tour in Windsor , it 's what they do when they get there . |
| 22 | There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh . |
| 23 | If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa ! |
| 24 | The only casualty came in the first week after the ceasefire last August . |
| 25 | This is just as true of a mechanical joint as it is of a glued joint and most of the load in such joints comes upon the first and last bolts or rivets . |
| 26 | Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open . |
| 27 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 28 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |
| 29 | United 's goal came in the first half … top marks for winger Max Nicholson … he kept control … kept his head and then smashed it home … low and hard … |
| 30 | This particular guitar comes from the first phase of the Les Paul Custom , the single-coil era of 1954 to 1957 . |