Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [pron] [verb] had a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
2 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |
3 | This is the first time we 've had a regular monthly feature in the magazine just for Silver electronics . |
4 | Garage boss Trevor Cave said : ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a pilot come here to refuel . ’ |
5 | We 've been through the records and we 're pretty sure this is the first time we have had a Prime Minister here . |
6 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
7 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
8 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
9 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
10 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |