Example sentences of "[noun sg] come [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 His rise to prominence came during the first Dutch war ( 1652–4 ) .
2 One of the liveliest days of the campaign came during the first week .
3 Even Tan 's timing of the mysterious opening arpeggio gives warming of the drama to come in the first movement .
4 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 ] .
5 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 .
6 Then , just short of his hall at Forteviot , the King came across the first group of injured .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government .
10 If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa !
11 The only casualty came in the first week after the ceasefire last August .
12 Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open .
13 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 .
14 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 …
15 This particular guitar comes from the first phase of the Les Paul Custom , the single-coil era of 1954 to 1957 .
16 Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged .
17 But , for a reader coming for the first time to the subject , this can not give a sense of the rightness , diversity and very real differences in feminist art history and criticism over the last couple of decades .
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