Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fell back , but the other man , the one I had seen first , came running forward . |
| 2 | I had conquered first Aix , then Paris . |
| 3 | I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines , which included ‘ Miss Alba ’ , a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation . |
| 4 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 5 | I had got first prize for guitar at the Melody Maker contest and soon I was selling stories and now I find my principal interest is still p H. |
| 6 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 7 | I had come first in our exams and tests . |
| 8 | To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death . |
| 9 | At first she had travelled first class and stayed in only the best hotels , but McKenna had found her with no trouble at all . |
| 10 | Afterwards she was never sure what she had noticed first : Teodor 's enormous size , loud voice , even louder laugh , or Sophie 's nearly equal bulk , plump , cushionlike . |
| 11 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 12 | ‘ If we had scored first , it would have been a better game because it would have forced them to come at us . |
| 13 | Hope in his draft bluntly stated that it ‘ can not recommend the appointment of Messrs. Coe and Hofland , although they had obtained first prize ’ . |
| 14 | It was the first suitable wind free morning since they had reached first jump status , and this was it . |
| 15 | The boy repeated none of the simple errors he had made first time round . |
| 16 | In that office he had to deal first with the Visigothic king Alaric II and then with the Ostrogoth Theodoric I. He was twice accused of treason , but was exonerated on both occasions . |
| 17 | Yesterday , or was it the day before yesterday , or when was it , he had gone first up the ladder on to Lord Jim , but Nenna had gone first into the cabin . |
| 18 | But Terry was now conscious and might possibly admit that he had fired first . |
| 19 | Willie was glad that he had come first . |
| 20 | LITTLE Philip Carter ripped open the letter telling him he had won first prize in the Mirror 's WWF wrestling competition … and burst into tears . |
| 21 | He had won first prize at the eisteddfod as a boy soprano . |
| 22 | The Doctor struggled to keep himself from slipping down the glowing tunnel , which he had entered first . |