Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 2 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 3 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 4 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 5 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 6 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 7 | This could also be entitled Stop Press , for it occurred after I had sent the first draft to the Hon. |
| 8 | Er on appointment , like other recruits , I had to serve the first month on night duty . |
| 9 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
| 10 | Erm god I 've done a first aid course . |
| 11 | I 've done the first bit for you . |
| 12 | ‘ So I 've passed the first hurdle , ’ she breathed . |
| 13 | So when I 've finished the first draft , I go back to the beginning to check that it all hangs together . |
| 14 | VINNY JONES went back to Wimbledon yesterday and declared : ‘ I 've taken the first step on the managerial ladder . ’ |
| 15 | I 've got a first edition . ’ |
| 16 | I 've got the first issue which I bought at the away match at the Arse earlier on . |
| 17 | cos I 've got the first week off , but it 's just , I 'm just stuck for Tuesday and Friday of the second week , you 've got the Mayday holiday off and in the summer I 've got the first three full weeks of the summer holiday off |
| 18 | I 've got the first batch came back this morning , so now I , I 've actually got the examples I can do it , it 's not , no problem . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got the first demand from the schoolteacher , boss . |
| 20 | The idea that John was trying out his ideas in private first , getting them carefully developed before he actually faced his cast , is confirmed by another letter to Hanns in which he wrote , ‘ I have written the first record , and am starting rehearsals for S. T . |
| 21 | Thanks to I have become the first DECcie to join the greatest mailing list in the world ; - ) . |
| 22 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 23 | Maybe they 'll elope to Gretna Green if they ca n't find a vacant Martello tower , then it will leave me with more time for my Roman friend and dear Boudicca not to mention Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals of which I have perused the first paragraph six times yet can not seem to recall it to mind . |
| 24 | Altogether , I have enjoyed the first day more than I anticipated . |
| 25 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 26 | It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind . |
| 27 | cos if you 've missed the first couple of weeks ' worth or so erm |
| 28 | You 've got the first lead . |
| 29 | You 've got the first stanza which is four lines , has got five lines has four lines ca n't see straight the first stanza has one sentence and it ends at the end of the stanza but then you have one , two , three , four , five more stanzas and you do n't get a full stop until the last stanza half way through . |
| 30 | the first bit yeah you 're remembering the last bit when you 're remembering that you 've forgot the first bit . |