Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To B. , the happiness of her family comes first and she is , in the eyes of Miller , clearly in the right all along . |
| 3 | ‘ Have you brought a sample of your urine taken first thing in the morning ? ’ |
| 4 | In retrospect , it is easy to see that , should recruitment generally fall , ours would ( unless the nature of our recruitment changed first ) fall away disastrously . |
| 5 | In the short time we have been presenting Craft and Design in Heriot 's we have already established a reputation for outstanding work and last Session one of our pupils won first prize in the Edinburgh and District Rotary Club Design Competition . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Apply to your bottom lashes first — use the point of the mascara wand and work down lashes individually . |
| 8 | The royals have been virtually the only gossip among their delegations following first the news that Anne and Tim were to marry and then the bombshell that Diana and Charles were to separate . |