Example sentences of "came [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sarah came through the first week of marriage with few hopes of real happiness , though she was pleased enough with her elevated circumstances .
2 The accusations came during the first day of a tribunal in which Ron Thomson claims he was forced to quit his post as general manager at the trust .
3 One of the liveliest days of the campaign came during the first week .
4 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 .
5 They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back .
6 If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa !
7 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 .
8 The teachers in our study did use strategies which came into the first category , but it was the second which was the key to understanding the all-pervasive quality of the collaboration and the self-sufficiency of the children which had so impressed us , allowing the teacher uninterrupted periods of time for working with individuals and groups .
9 ‘ I came into the first form of his boarding school .
10 The defendants argued that : ( a ) The proviso quoted above came within the first test enunciated by Lord Reid in the Esso case ( see p 7 above ) ie that it did not deprive the plaintiff of any freedom which he would otherwise have had ; accordingly that it did not operate as a restraint of trade and therefore that it was effective on the admitted facts to terminate the plaintiff 's entitlement to commission .
11 It was a pleasant walk along well-trodden paths through Birbeck Woods beyond which we came upon the first set of workings in Gunnerside Gill : the remains of dressing floors belonging to the Old Gang Mining Company .
12 Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try .
13 Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds .
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 United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice .
16 Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and
17 In spite of the recession , reduced profits from property sales and a 50 per cent rise in interest charges to £3.5 million profit before exceptionals was down only 9 per cent to £22.1 million , of which £11.8 million came in the first half .
18 Atkins felt that Peterborough 's first goal , which came in the first minute of the second-half , should have been disallowed because Cambridge goalkeeper John Vaughan had the ball kicked out of his hands by sliding Peterborough midfielder John McGlashan .
19 The two who came in the first place .
20 Twenty-seven of those came in the first match , against Pontypridd ; Bedford took a similar caning and Coventry only four points less .
21 Witt , a big-serving 6ft 3ins American , produced a disastrous 12 double faults in the match but most of those came in the first set and a half when Wilkinson could hardly put a foot wrong .
22 The only casualty came in the first week after the ceasefire last August .
23 There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh .
24 But when it came to the first anecdote the tale of her son 's embarrassing performance in a school Nativity play the old professional skills suddenly shone through .
25 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 .
26 It 's a pretty filthy day again today Mick , it 's er it 's raining , it 's windy , it 's cold , it 's the middle of November , it 's gon na cost er the supporters a bit to come tonight , er only two and half thousand came to the first game , how anxious are you that County 's supporters come out in their numbers this evening ?
27 Sure enough there was the Marina but this was not pegged and after walking under a railway bridge I came to the first peg , number 65 .
28 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 ] .
29 The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood .
30 Stock boats came on the first day , they start coming away in May .
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