Example sentences of "came [prep] the first [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I came into the first form of his boarding school . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 17 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The two who came in the first place . |
| 21 | Twenty-seven of those came in the first match , against Pontypridd ; Bedford took a similar caning and Coventry only four points less . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The only casualty came in the first week after the ceasefire last August . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ] . |
| 30 | The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood . |