Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other problems obscure the issue ; whoever killed Alexander must surely have got to the ferry first , crossed the Firth of Forth , knew the route the King was to take , carried out their plan and got away , hoping the King 's companions would not discover this . |
| 2 | She rummaged through the assorted pile , looking for her new lipstick and perfume , and spotted the mail which she had collected from the postman first thing , on her way to the shops . |
| 3 | If Club Med or Universal Studios had thought of the idea first and sited it in Europe , it would probably have attracted government subsidies . |
| 4 | Croydon-born Ted Harding had played for the Palace first team as early as October 1942 and he became the longest-playing survivor of our 1946–47 Football League side , for he was still appearing for us in April 1953 . |
| 5 | So the Lib Dems , somewhat belatedly , have joined in the game first played with such effect by the Conservatives and Saatchi & Saatchi in the run-up to the 1979 election with Saatchi 's ‘ Labour Is n't Working ’ poster , and taken to new heights in the 1987 campaign by Labour with Hugh Hudson 's memorable ‘ Kinnock : the Movie ’ party political broadcast . |
| 6 | Erm here y'are we 've got a lad with a kite it 's fixed on the ground well let's say let's say it 's fixed on the ground first of all and erm we 're trying to find out how high it is and it 's directly over this point which is erm and we do n't we do n't know . |