Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] made [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 2 | We 'd made our first four of the week there and that was that . |
| 3 | It was in that ugly repository of polished pine , acoustic tiles and garish , sentimental stained glass that he and his wife had been married , and in a flat in the rectory , living above the parish priest , that they had made their first home . |
| 4 | Now that they had made their first move , their first real move , they would not give up until Jack Stone did what he was supposed to do : start talking . |
| 5 | They had made their first venture into the quicksand that Vietnam was to become . |
| 6 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
| 7 | Before long , he had made his first links with staff in the bank 's Florida and Panama branches . |
| 8 | He had made his first apport as a teenager . |