Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martha Blend had her first sight of a new foster mother in the cavernous waiting room at Liverpool Street Station : |
| 2 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
| 3 | The Group Environmental Policy Committee had its first meeting on 21 May 1990 and now meets regularly every 3 months . |
| 4 | During a naval review off Portsmouth in October 1955 , British naval intelligence had their first sight of the new , post-war Russian Navy when the heavy cruiser Sverdlov arrived to take part . |
| 5 | Tom Taylor , mentor and leader , had died before the group had its first exhibition , but remains classed with his friends . |
| 6 | The group had its first incarnation in South Africa as Lord Milner 's ‘ kindergarten ’ , the circle of clever young men , products mainly of New College and All Souls , that Milner gathered around him to assist in the reconstruction and unification of South Africa after the Boer War . |
| 7 | Fine Arts Brass Ensemble takes its name from the University 's Barber Institute of Fine Arts , where the group had its first rehearsal in 1980 . |
| 8 | The one Johnson 's enthusiasm faded and he soon drifted away from the sport ; the other had his first competitive contest in the following January and so began one of the longest and least celebrated ring careers in British boxing . |
| 9 | The other had his first son at seventeen . |
| 10 | When I was about nine years old , my father had his first car . |
| 11 | Charles , 27 , said : ‘ When my father had his first stroke , everything was tried as it was very likely he was going to die . |
| 12 | It took from the Edinburgh summit in December nineteen ninety two , when the current Prime Minister first announced the government 's intention to legislate on this issue , until the thirtieth of June nineteen ninety three before the European parliamentary elections bill had its first reading . |
| 13 | On 11 March 1772 , two weeks after the society had its first meeting on 23 February , they reported discharging five debtors from the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark — the biggest debt was £2 5s 8d — two from the Poultry Compter ( biggest debt £6 18s 5d ) ; one from the Kings Bench Prison ; five from the Borough Compter ; four from the Wood Street Compter ; three from Whitechapel Prison ; five from Newgate Prison ; and one from the New Gaol in Whitecross Street , Southwark . |
| 14 | IN TORRENTIAL rain Leicester BR diesel depot had its first open day last Sunday . |
| 15 | And I think you might remember that my ‘ Jottings ’ have been in the paper since long before your grandmother had her first G.I. in the War . |
| 16 | On March 19 the Lebanese army had its first clash with SLA militiamen since the former 's February 1991 deployment in southern Lebanon [ see p. 38025 ] . |
| 17 | The Bletchingly Adult Education Centre saw visits from Kent Opera and Paul Patterson , and the Tunbridge Wells Trinity Centre had its first full season of live music and theatre . |
| 18 | By the spring of 1870 the new project had its first name . |
| 19 | DESERT Orchid had his first proper meal yesterday since undergoing emergency surgery for a twisted gut . |