Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 To compliment and complete the Scandinavian experience we ‘ ve been having this winter , The Whitworth Art Gallery and the Fitzwilliam Museum have collaborated to organise the first exhibition here of Norway 's most outstanding landscape painters , Johan christian Dahl ( 1788–1857 ) and Thomas Fearnley ( 1802–42 ) .
2 On the river , another police launch had arrived to complement the first one .
3 The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight .
4 That type may then be broken up or ‘ distributed ’ , if the publisher has decided to limit the first edition to a stated number , or if there is no demand for additional copies .
5 GOVERNORS at Colchester County High School have voted to take the first steps on the road to opting out .
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