Example sentences of "come first [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael from Bedale has just come first in the Caterbility contest for cookery students organised by British Gas . |
| 2 | ‘ At home , children expect to come first in the life of the family and in school many of them behave in a selfish , uncaring way with no idea of consideration of others , ’ wrote another . |
| 3 | If there were a need for a review or anything of that sort the initiative would have to come first from the Catering Sub-Committee . |
| 4 | The call came first to the anti-terrorist squad , so it took an hour before Milton heard the news on the grapevine . |
| 5 | Win or loose , both horses came first with the crowds at Cheltenham today . |
| 6 | When questioned on the basis for class determination , however , Townsend 's respondents were not surprisingly rather vague : ‘ Way of life ’ came first among the principles which Townsend offered , followed by family and occupation , with money and education also being mentioned . |
| 7 | The individual organism came first in the biologist 's consciousness , while the replicators — now known as genes — were seen as part of the machinery used by individual organisms . |
| 8 | In February 1868 Lewis came first in the London examination for entry to the Army Medical School in Netley , and did equally well in the course . |
| 9 | He came first in the test at the end of the day with a mere 100% . |
| 10 | Somerville 's Cross-Country and Tennis Teams came first in the annual Cuppers competition while the Hockey Team reached the final . |
| 11 | Today at the Grosvenor House hotel in London she came first in the Webb Ivory fundraising awards … but she says winning prizes was never her goal . |
| 12 | Excuse me , excuse me who came first in the Chemistry exam ? |
| 13 | And if they keep on coming first past the post … they 'll be queuing one hundred deep for a place in the winners enclosure with their very own favourite |
| 14 | Congratulations to Barry White , area sales manager in the North East , for coming first in the Cayton Bay Surfing Challenge . |
| 15 | Keith Campbell , from north Belfast , has picked up a top award from computer firm Digital after coming first in the BTEC National Diploma in a computer studies course at Belfast Institute School of Informatics . |
| 16 | That is why awe of the love and holiness of God must come first in the awakening of our hearts . |
| 17 | Invariably , new clauses will come first in the order of business on Report . |
| 18 | Now we must shift from thinking that human interests always come first to the idea that humans themselves should bear the cost of whatever progress there should be in the world today . |
| 19 | ‘ When did Methodism , Unitarianism , the Baptist Church ( or whatever ) come first to the area ? ’ |
| 20 | On the way up to the col from Luz you come first to the small resort and spa of Barèges , one street wide and squeezed tightly in in true spa style between the mountains to the south and the river to the north . |
| 21 | Does the right to a clean hospital or decent food figure anywhere in his patients charter , or does cutting costs always come first with the Government ? |
| 22 | These cases come first on the court 's calendar . |
| 23 | Come first in the 1989 ‘ Britain in Bloom ’ competition . |
| 24 | ‘ Fantasy ’ comes first on the list . |
| 25 | The ‘ Second ’ Prokofiev Sonata comes first on the disc — in its original guide as a flute sonata it dies predate the First Sonata — and it is here that Hardy and Devos really distinguish themselves . |
| 26 | New Yorkers will tell you that the surname comes first on the cabbie 's ID . |
| 27 | ( a ) Deposit(s) paid This comes first on the agenda as a precaution against overlooking it on exchange of contracts , and as a reminder , when it 's paid to the selling estate agent , perhaps to get a release of deposit on completion . |
| 28 | you know plenty of other little girls that would want to look after him , and I said it 's no good relying on Vicky because she , the little sister , she 's nine , she was too young to do things by herself , you know , I said there 's no way you can let , leave it all to Vicky , so that if you do n't want him any more you must tell me and I said there 'll be no hard feelings but that 's it , cos he comes first at the end of the day , so she said oh I , oh I have been naughty have you been ? |
| 29 | The reference would then alter the binding of ‘ he ’ from the dog to the vet , purely because the structure for the ‘ he ’ pronoun comes first in the logical form . |