Example sentences of "first come the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First came the decision to award Esther Rantzen a new contract worth £1.2m when the consensus is that few people can stand the sight of her . |
| 2 | First came the banishment of pedestrians to pavements and the widening of surfaces by demolition and the infilling of watercourses . |
| 3 | First came the development of the eurodollar market in London , driven by the wish to avoid domestic banking regulations in the United States . |
| 4 | First came the Yemeneeyeh , six poor men , mostly blind , proceeding two and two , and chanting mournfully , ‘ There is no God but God . ’ |
| 5 | When I first came the cleaning was more general . |
| 6 | First came the Class 56 , superficially similar to the Class 47 but with a maximum speed of 80mph and no facility for train heating . |
| 7 | A friend of mine who took part in such a march in Greenwich , Connecticut , headquarters of the Pittston Group , said that first came the airline pilots in their dark blue uniforms and gold braided hats ; then the telephone workers all dressed in red shirts ; and then the miners covered from head to toe in camouflage . |
| 8 | First comes the plasterer 's trowel or steel float , with which you actually apply the plaster to the wall . |
| 9 | First comes the longue durée , ‘ in which all change is slow , a history of constant repetition , ever-recurring cycles ’ . |