Example sentences of "come first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an ideal world the political framework and the broad strategy should have come first ; then the military men would have designed a plan to fit them . |
| 2 | I wondered which had come first , the chill and disenchantment of her worldly sophistication , or the lack of warmth in her son : and perhaps there was ice in both of them , and the one had reinforced the other . |
| 3 | Willie was glad that he had come first . |
| 4 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
| 5 | Of the 16 funds that made up our Global Strategy umbrella fund when it was launched five years ago , no less than four have come first in their respective sectors over this period , according to Finstat . |
| 6 | ‘ Adults have always come first in tennis clubs , ’ says Lawson . |
| 7 | I had come first in our exams and tests . |
| 8 | Because it is the guarantee of the most important freedom , the freedom of expression and representation of opinion , political democracy ought to have come first . |
| 9 | One might reasonably have expected that the " building " would have come first and then the things it housed . |
| 10 | Her father had loved her , but her mother had come first , as was only right , and , under her seeming indifference , her mother had loved and relied on her husband . |
| 11 | The NSF had come first in 28 counties , the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania ( HDUR ) in six , the Democratic Convention in five and the Romanian National Unity Party in one . |
| 12 | It is not clear why the theft or robbery count should be considered before that of handling except that the theft or robbery must have come first in time . |
| 13 | But Rosie had come first , and real people mattered more than fantasies . |
| 14 | Students at Rachel 's oxford college St Hilda 's say the family 's feelings should have come first . |
| 15 | There was jubilation that a local team had come first . |
| 16 | Michael from Bedale has just come first in the Caterbility contest for cookery students organised by British Gas . |
| 17 | The club have to come first . ’ |
| 18 | John Prescott , who did not stand last year , leaped to third place above both Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner , who used to come first and second . |
| 19 | It was during his second year at Manchester that he was offered the West Indies captaincy for the visit by Pakistan , but decided that his studies had to come first ; he had a strong sense of predestination and apparently felt that the leadership would be his eventually . |
| 20 | Whatever the outcome , he insists his family has to come first . |
| 21 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 22 | But there 's spring to come first , with the violets and primroses , and then the summer . ’ |
| 23 | In Joan Halton 's attempt to be more whole , she needed to know more about her desire to come first , at least for part of the time , rather than always maintaining the veneer of premature maturity she had felt forced into adopting as a child . |
| 24 | Now safely married , does he need to overstate his determination to come first , constantly afraid that if he gives an inch , he will inevitably lose a mile ? |
| 25 | Joan Halton is disturbed by an old guilt related to the underlying resentment and fury she felt in respect of her younger sister who always seemed to be allowed to come first . |
| 26 | Who is to come first ? |
| 27 | Who can be allowed to come first ? |
| 28 | The book caused Robert Blatchford , editor of the socialist newspaper The Clarion , to write to Mr Carpenter in some concern : economic change had to come first , said Mr Blatchford , and it would therefore be better not to mention sex until after socialism had been achieved . |
| 29 | Loving ourselves has to come first . |
| 30 | If you love someone and wan na be with them , that 's got to come first . ’ |