Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’ |
| 2 | for one thing , if we 'd taken one of their houses and I 'd died first , my wife would of been left without a home |
| 3 | He fell back , but the other man , the one I had seen first , came running forward . |
| 4 | I had conquered first Aix , then Paris . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 9 | I had come first in our exams and tests . |
| 10 | To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death . |
| 11 | Erm , let me just have a quick look through and see what I 've asked first , definitely . |
| 12 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 13 | I 've got first hand experience of this , since the unit Epson provided for review had obviously been in use elsewhere before it got to me , and there was toner flying free from the part-used cartridge . |
| 14 | I 've got first of all start vacancy taking because eh |
| 15 | I have to say first though , that this august body then let itself down with a bang before a ball had been bowled . |
| 16 | ‘ I have to decide first if I will have her ! |
| 17 | Despite all its important news , I have to confess first turning to ‘ Where Are They Now ’ and ‘ In Your Own Write ’ . |
| 18 | But there are several things I have to do first . ’ |
| 19 | No , I think I have to choose first cos think you need a nana . |
| 20 | I thought to myself , ‘ I have n't bought any tickets for the raffle but it looks as if I have won first prize . ’ |
| 21 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 22 | Oh well maybe I have to practise first without a ball just standing on one leg and waving the other leg about and trying not to fall over . |
| 23 | But the most significant precision in line B is that which I have mentioned first : the specification of the standard or judge which gives value and significance to the comparison ( 3 ) contained within line A. |
| 24 | She has won first prize in international competitions in Paris and Flanders . |
| 25 | ‘ But what would have happened if you 'd gone first ? |
| 26 | But you see , unless you 've got first of all as you quite rightly said , unless we 've tried it , we do n't know . |
| 27 | you 've got first and second lesson , ha , ha |
| 28 | Erm you 've worked first of all as erm a probation officer . |
| 29 | But we 'll go through what you 've read first and then try to work something . |
| 30 | because if you 've bought first class stamps and you 've got a load of them then you have n't got to go and buy those tuppeny P pieces to put on . |