Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But already we can see one most unexpected and surprising consequence of this : if what we may call the phallic or Oedipal trauma came first in human cultural history and was the original event from which all else flowed , then in terms of individual psychosexual development it follows last , preceded by the oral stage whose cultural equivalent succeeded it ! |
| 2 | Others drove to work before 7.30am or scheduled business calls first thing so that they could drive in later . |
| 3 | She was aware that this process exposed first her buttocks and then her breasts , fleetingly , to Crowe , who had seen them and more than seen them , already , but not in circumstances either of them , she took it , cared to remember . |
| 4 | There is some evidence that practical family planning first began amongst what F. B. Smith calls the ‘ self instructed classes ’ , not the upper middle classes but those most responsive to radical propaganda . |
| 5 | In this book , spiritual , mental and emotional well-being come first in this section on health and beauty , because caring for the needs of the inner person is not only of primary importance in itself but is also a great step towards achieving physical well-being . |
| 6 | Before he could speak , the lights changed and out of innate respect Jack remained stationary , waiting for his once and future King to go first . |
| 7 | For those who are dissatisfied with housework , a statement of this feeling is problematic because the break between socially acceptable behaviour and individual experience has first to be made . |
| 8 | It seems reasonable to suspect that a certain political and military stability had first to be achieved and that the capacity to make law required consensus and mature counsel among the wiser men of the realm who advised the king which transcended his purely personal ambition . |
| 9 | There was a throbbing urgency developing in the way they touched , a desperation in their kisses ; the yearning for fulfilment that had been growing in her since this man had first taken her was now a scream deep inside her , aching for him , crying for him , sobbing for him . |
| 10 | In 1936 , ten years after some Scotsman had first given the world his ‘ wireless with pictures ’ , Mr Mitchell uttered those seminal words from the heart of Alexandra Palace , and the BBC was born . |
| 11 | When ancient Greek thought first discovered the opposition of ‘ nature ’ and ‘ convention ’ , it also discovered that an essential part of human nature is to live by convention . |