Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] [prep] [det] first " in BNC.
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1 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
2 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
3 | His own inclination would have led him towards this first interview three or four days earlier . |
4 | She shook her head in exasperation , remembering his deception and total lack of sympathy , the way he had treated her on that first night , that following morning . |
5 | Or meant to have replied , but perhaps she had not , perhaps the knowledge of later years had imposed itself on that first memory . |
6 | All the problems that had beset them from that first moment their eyes had met in the courtyard on the day of her arrival had vanished , it seemed , giving way to the greater power of one fact — now they were lovers . |
7 | Had wanted her since that first day . |
8 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 've wanted you from that first meeting in France . ’ |
9 | I 've loved you from that first day . " |