Example sentences of "have [verb] first " in BNC.
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1 | He asks you for details of the players in the last 20 years who have won First Division championship medals with two different clubs . |
2 | I thought to myself , ‘ I have n't bought any tickets for the raffle but it looks as if I have won first prize . ’ |
3 | Said Carole , ‘ From a household of four Old English Sheepdogs all four have won first prizes at Crufts and the only male has done it twice . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The club have to come first . ’ |
6 | No , I think I have to choose first cos think you need a nana . |
7 | Invite one person — perhaps to a meal ( you have prepared first ) — and you have an opportunity of a pleasant evening of conversation in your own home . |
8 | Darlington Civic Theatre THE Heather Brothers ' musical knew how to pull at heart strings of those who have felt first love . |
9 | Have to apply first . |
10 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
11 | If you want to be sure of having deterred the enemy , you have to fire first . |
12 | To fully understand the workings of Sage accounting software , you have to look first at the DOS versions it already has under its belt . |
13 | Erm well I think , what they have to do first , is |
14 | ‘ If that 's where we 're going , Barry , there 's one or two small things we have to do first . ’ |
15 | But there are several things I have to do first . ’ |
16 | We have to understand first of all what Mill thinks the proper function of government |
17 | Oh well maybe I have to practise first without a ball just standing on one leg and waving the other leg about and trying not to fall over . |
18 | Despite all its important news , I have to confess first turning to ‘ Where Are They Now ’ and ‘ In Your Own Write ’ . |
19 | ‘ I have to decide first if I will have her ! |
20 | Most vegetables you have to blanch first . |
21 | A bit like asking what heaven 's like and being told you have to die first . |
22 | Through them they have to have first option . |
23 | I have to say first though , that this august body then let itself down with a bang before a ball had been bowled . |
24 | ‘ A lot of other things have to happen first . |
25 | But the most significant precision in line B is that which I have mentioned first : the specification of the standard or judge which gives value and significance to the comparison ( 3 ) contained within line A. |
26 | That I who have held first place for eight years should be asked to take a secondary position . ’ |