Example sentences of "[pers pn] had the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 2 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 3 | I had the first one in Harlow ! |
| 4 | Another bonus arrived within a week , when I had the first glimpse from the sea of the opposite coastline of Koraloona , with its empty sandy beaches and the great dormant volcano of High Island rearing up behind it , while in the distance I could even make out Hodges , the copra island . |
| 5 | I think that 's when I had the first nightmare … |
| 6 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 7 | Now I had the first set of these dividers over in this country . |
| 8 | She had the first and second floor of a thin , dilapidated building that was a ruin above the third storey . |
| 9 | In 1925 , at the Mayor Gallery , London , she had the first of her eighteen one-woman exhibitions , which was well received critically . |
| 10 | if she had the first sign of anything . |
| 11 | Meg , you had the first word you can have the |
| 12 | ‘ We had the first juke-box in the town after the war , the first knickerbocker glories and the first Pepsi-Colas . ’ |
| 13 | He said : ‘ It was at a meeting on January 17 — two days after we answered the status inquiry — that we had the first indication that the shop had decided to consult an insolvency expert . ’ |
| 14 | We had the first fridge in our section of the street ( he got it cheap — contacts ) but were late to get a television . |
| 15 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 16 | Until 1978 that is , when we had the first and last National Conference in this country and after spending about three days cooking rice and feeling very exhausted , I went up on the platform to speak on behalf of Chi lean women and I was made to shut up . |
| 17 | when we bought them , when we had the first lot of springs |
| 18 | When the two kings met they had the first of many quarrels . |
| 19 | Then they had the first ‘ aided ’ flights — that was what they called them then ; the first skips ; some of the disasters , the ships that disappeared . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , they had the first one , of course but — ’ he shrugged ‘ — time slips by , you know , and I think they 're a bit overdue for the next one . ’ |
| 21 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 22 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 23 | So he had the first name of somebody famous . |
| 24 | He had the first kill , and everyone was equally handicapped . |
| 25 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 26 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |
| 27 | He had the first near violent encounter at Type ninety — did you hear about this , the fist fight with Benguiat . |