Example sentences of "had not [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 2 | John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter . |
| 3 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |
| 4 | Dulé 's canoe had not foundered in the first rounds of gunfire , but kept skimming on towards the Rebecca , with the remaining boats still around him , offering cover . |
| 5 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 6 | She had wanted to draw again , and to paint , and she had not wondered before the first class as to the group she would be joining . |