Example sentences of "came [prep] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Three miles below the village they came upon the first of the hallowed plantations of Father Noah . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels . |