Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most enthusiastic advocate of ‘ Gregorian ’ liberty during these years was Hugh , bishop of Die and later archbishop of Lyons , whom Anselm first met on his way to Rome in 1097 , and with whom he spent the last eighteen months of his exile from May 1099 to August 1100 . |
| 2 | When the bundle of clothes hit the ground it was the dog who realised first that there was something inside , also broken and crumpled , and after the dog came the children , who revolved round the heap , fascinated , until one noticed the blood and began to scream , and adults arrived to remove them from whatever it was that lay on the concrete . |
| 3 | Who goes first will be decided locally , said Mrs Balcombe . |
| 4 | Who Goes First ? |
| 5 | It does n't matter who goes first . |
| 6 | Who goes first if you win the toss ? |
| 7 | Yeah , shuffle , I read that , decide who goes first , the rest following in succ er whatever , start playing in a clockwise direction |
| 8 | Among its most prominent leaders were Adu Boahen , a former history professor , who became interim chairman , and Johnny Hansen , Interior Secretary in 1982-83 , who became first vice-chairman . |
| 9 | She was brought round by actor Charlie Lawson the show 's fiery Ulsterman Jim McDonald who applied first aid . |
| 10 | Gold/silver medallions are awarded to the candidates who gain First and Second Place worldwide , in each Second and Third Level subject . |
| 11 | Gold/silver medallions are awarded to the candidates who gain First and Second Place in each country in each Second and Third Level subject for which the country has presented at least 200 candidates . |
| 12 | Gold/silver medallions are awarded to candidates who gain First and Second Place worldwide , for each of the Third Level Group Diplomas . |
| 13 | Gold/silver medallions are awarded to the candidates who gain First and Second Place worldwide , in each Second and Third Level subject . |
| 14 | Gold/silver medallions are awarded to the candidates who gain First and Second Place in each country , in each Second and Third Level subject for which the country has presented at least 200 candidates . |
| 15 | His departure spurred Widnes , especially lively second rower Richie Eyres , but it was Wigan who pounced first . |
| 16 | So when famine strikes , it 's women and children who suffer first . |
| 17 | Well , what people forget is that , if you put employers in a straight-jacket , the people who suffer first , are the employees , which as you appreciate will not take on the future . |
| 18 | When there are many casualties , as in the war in Afghanistan , doctors have to make some tough decisions about who to treat first . |
| 19 | For a long time it looked as if Newcastle were going to leave with the three points they so desperately needed and it was the visitors who drew first blood . |
| 20 | However information from this survey is used to assess the capacity to benefit of various groups of students , including those who entered first degree courses on the basis of non-standard entry qualifications . |
| 21 | Two other semi-final places were decided when Canada and US won their games against Finland and Switzerland to join Scotland , who rank first after eight draws . |
| 22 | Tell you what , lovey , I 'll play them both and see who bites first . ’ |
| 23 | It was David who moved first , running his finger down the length of her profile . |
| 24 | ‘ See the priests ? ’ he said , indicating the clergymen in their flowing richly coloured robes who came first . |
| 25 | Excuse me , excuse me who came first in the Chemistry exam ? |
| 26 | But it was West Ham who scored first . |
| 27 | It was Swindon who scored first . |
| 28 | The Tower reputedly housed a library of treatises , grimoires , cyclopaedias and symposia second to none , collected by Roxborough and the group of Fifth Dominion magi who 'd first supported the attempt at the Reconciliation . |
| 29 | She knew nothing of the future other than that it was an inhospitable fog that no-one had any choice but to enter , but she was certain that there was a scene all laid-out and waiting for her where she brought in the name of the man — or woman — who 'd first talked to Chrissie and then run her down . |
| 30 | She needed strength : her and Bernard 's nightly love play would go on for hours , limbs lurching and surging in some kind of gladiatorial combat as if the one who weakened first lost . |