Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Austria has decided to dismantle its only nuclear power station , the Philippines has halted construction of its first reactor , and countries such as Australia and Denmark have declined to build any nuclear power plants . |
| 2 | AFTER three years of negotiations with Irish Rail , the Irish Traction Group has taken delivery of its first locomotive , 201 ( c ) class No. 226 , the first Irish mainline diesel to pass into private ownership . |
| 3 | A new detention centre for immigrants has taken delivery of its first inmates , despite protests from local people . |
| 4 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 5 | Poland , with the worst financial problems within Eastern Europe , has had to delay construction of its first nuclear station at Zarnowiec which will have a total capacity of 4880 MW . |
| 6 | Ronnie Moran , who had been chatting with Mr Souness about the match hours before the Liverpool manager headed for the operating theatre , will have to report failure in his first game in charge . |
| 7 | Lough Cowey hosted a party of 12 Scottish anglers who had limited success on their first day , taking only 14 fish between them . |
| 8 | The second suspect was a resident of Consett , but on the night in question his wife had given birth to their first child , and the doctor and the midwife both vouched for the fact that the man had never left the house after he came in from work at half-past five until he went to work the next morning , an hour after he had heard his son first cry . |
| 9 | Little more than a year after her marriage , Ermentrude had given birth to her first child , Judith . |
| 10 | He would baffle and intrigue her , just as he had done Cassie on their first meeting ; and Cassie could think of no way in which she could explain him away . |
| 11 | Rain asked whether Edouard had told Maurin about her first appointment at the museum . |