Example sentences of "who [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hushed audience listened to quality singing star Joan Regan , who seemed at first a little nervous but relaxed with what must be one of her own favourites , May You Always . |
| 2 | There is a certain Hubris in life , and by this word , the Greeks denoted a form of retribution so that in the end those who were very fortunate should suffer and those who suffered at first would receive succour . |
| 3 | What they did not do is cohabit in advance of the wedding , which could well be a good thing if we choose to take seriously a recent report which says cohabitees who subsequently marry are 60% more likely to divorce than those who marry without first living together . |
| 4 | It depends who gets in first does n't it ? |
| 5 | Similarly you get players such as Pallister who strulled at first and then became a bargain . |
| 6 | On the other hand , there was a slightly smaller group of people , ending up as early retired , who had at first decided to remain economically active and , for the most part , to try to find jobs . |
| 7 | So Brick , who had at first dismay , |
| 8 | Among these last was Archbishop Reynolds who had at first excommunicated the invaders by pressing into service a ten-year-old denunciation against the Scots ! |
| 9 | Archbishop Adolf of Cologne , who had at first supported Otto , was threatened with excommunication . |
| 10 | People who had at first seemed so friendly and decent and open and neighbourly , but who , after two or three encounters , had turned into ravingly obsessive lunatics . |
| 11 | We are also pleased to welcome two new Word Processor Operators to the ACDP Unit : , who has worked with the Council for some time , first of all in General Office Services and latterly in the Assessment Department ; and , who comes with first hand knowledge of Advanced Courses , having recently completed an HNC in Secretarial Studies at Motherwell College . |