Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] have [vb pp] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seaman should have saved the first goal , but did make a two world class saves against Berkamp and Rikaard . |
| 2 | Visitors may have drawn the first prototypes , for some purpose from to themselves . ’ |
| 3 | But for Whelan 's late goal , Wembley would have staged the first all-Second Division FA Cup Final on May 9 . |
| 4 | And the chairman of selectors , whose decision to pick South African rebel Mike Gatting instead of Gower for the winter tour of India sparked a storm of protest , warned : ‘ These people may have won the first battle , but they are approaching a lee shore and there are plenty of rocks on that shore . |
| 5 | But there again , he never sent her to the really big houses because , as he said , if there was anything going , the servants would have had the first pick . |
| 6 | But although the saintly Tit for Two Tats would have won the first tournament if it had been submitted , it did not win the second . |
| 7 | Built with folding wings ( originally to enable it to be hidden in caves ) , had the mighty carrier Shinano survived long enough , Japan could have fielded the first carrier-based jet strike force with Kitsukas ! |
| 8 | Lawrence would have preferred the first leg on Sunday , March 1 . |
| 9 | The secretary will have made a first draft of what should be debated and the main items are probably well defined . |
| 10 | Dr Yun-Cheung Kong at the Chinese University predicts that , within a year , scientists will have isolated the first natural contraceptive chemical . |
| 11 | By now John should have become the first 40-year-old to break four minutes for the mile . |