Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The silver-framed photograph of Philippe Chaumont had appeared for the first time since he had known Chantal . |
| 2 | Turakina had known from the first how he would react , but she had pretended resistance for a day and a night before giving her consent . |
| 3 | Although January had ended with the first significant ground fighting of the war — the Iraqi offensive against Khafji — the Iraqi forces made no further offensive moves , and the allies continued with the air assault which they had begun on Jan. 17 . |
| 4 | The dangerous logic of events was leading to a predictable conclusion , though Sarah and Coleridge had met for the first time only nine days before and were of fundamentally different temperaments , she sharp-tongued , humorous and practical , he procrastinating and visionary . |
| 5 | The proposals fell far short of arrangements for Palestinian " full autonomy " which Israel had endorsed in the first of the two Camp David agreements signed with Egypt in September 1978 [ see pp. 29654-69 ] . |
| 6 | As the sky slowly brightened and they waited , Fleury thought of how he and Harry had waited for the first attack of all at the beginning of June . |
| 7 | The supply of domestic staff in Britain had dwindled after the First World War , when former servants found better paid employment for fewer hours ' work in offices and factories . |
| 8 | Tamas had led in a first round of polling on Dec. 9 , but the result had been declared void because the turnout did not reach the necessary 50 per cent [ see p. 37130 ] . |
| 9 | But suppose Lorton had intended from the first to rob Newley , to murder him , and to present the police with a strong case against someone else ? |
| 10 | Above him , Jimmy had stopped on the first landing and was looking back . |
| 11 | When Gloria had got over the first shock of Saul 's horrifying death , she put the warehouse up for sale , together with the contents of the ship-chandlers shop on the ground floor , confident that she would soon find a purchaser . |
| 12 | In early September Collor had summoned for the first time the Council of the Republic , whose remit was to advise the President on action to be taken in a time of deep crisis or emergency , including the declaration of a state of siege if necessary . |