Example sentences of "first came [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( When , as a schoolgirl , I first came across that line about the morning stars singing together , I was thrilled by it . ) |
| 2 | A Japanese aristocrat , which I first came across many years ago in a Berkshire woodland garden , is Kirengeshoma palmata , with large , lobed , vine-like leaves on dark 3ft stems . |
| 3 | It was at one of their conferences that I first came across organized lesbians and gays . |
| 4 | He remembers when he first came across seventeen-year-old Jean Shrimpton posing for a Kelloggs ad with his friend Brian Duffy . |
| 5 | We first came across this South Sea adventurer on the fourth week of cruising around the Caribbean on our Hallberg Rassy 352 , writes Jenny Allan . |
| 6 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 7 | American news coverage of the 1960s riots first came under academic scrutiny in the aftermath of the Watts riot , where it was generally felt that media reporting had exacerbated the conflict . |
| 8 | Claudio Roditi who hails from Rio de Janeiro but is now based in New York , is a trumpet and flugelhorn player who first came to international attention with his appearance on Charlie Rouse 's ‘ Cinnamon Flower ’ . |
| 9 | He first came to public notice in 1825 . |
| 10 | , John ( d. 1883 ) , gardener , first came to public notice in 1850 . |
| 11 | As an author , the name of Ernest Bramah first came to public notice with The Wallet of Kai Lung ( 1900 ) , the first of his collection of stories told by a wandering Chinaman in the manner of the Arabian Nights ' tales and in an elaborate Mandarin style ostensibly of Chinese translated into flowery English language . |
| 12 | Les Stocker , who first came to public attention by caring for hedgehogs , went to Buckingham Palace today to receive his MBE . |
| 13 | I did I was n't even here when you had it like when you first came to this school . |
| 14 | He has worked for South African companies and first came to this country on a De Beers scholarship to Oxford . |
| 15 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 16 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 17 | When I first came to this room , I did n't like it , then I thought , ‘ Well at least it 's mine . |
| 18 | The pepper pot idea first came about one lunchtime while I was having lunch with Chris Barry and Mervyn Pinfield . |
| 19 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 20 | Indeed , I recall the experiences of the person who was Prime Minister when I first came into this House — Mr. Harold Macmillan . |
| 21 | An example of the first came from international sprinter Mickey Morris , born in London to Jamaican parents : |
| 22 | The first came after 10 minutes with a fine flick shot . |
| 23 | In the second half everything changed … a man called Tony Philliskirk pulled on his shooting boots and blasted United to pieces … the first came after 59 minutes … |