Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 He had not believed it at first , but now he was not so sure .
2 Wycliffe had not seen her at first .
3 She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station .
4 She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station .
5 It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first .
6 Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location .
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