Example sentences of "he come [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons .
2 He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope .
3 Martin walked carefully along a narrow path that would tortuously between ancient graves and heavy , ornate tombstones until he came to the first of the family plots .
4 Within a hundred metres he came across the first tank paths , ghost-like trails that appeared to be overgrown now , ever since the Russians had pulled out and taken their exhaust-belching tanks home on low-loader trains .
5 And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career .
6 And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career .
7 Soon he came upon the first of the Regent 's horsemen , Douglases to a man , riding back and forward , to form a cordon cutting off the castle .
8 When he comes to the first dramatic event he appears to be reaching towards a dramatic present here comes but is constrained by the prevailing past tense of the narration .
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