Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 2 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 3 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 4 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 5 | I 'd passed the first some way back , the second I knew came just before the horizontal passage . |
| 6 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 7 | ‘ It would come out I 'd got a first at London University . |
| 8 | Once I 'd accomplished the first stages of training , getting her to sit still on my fist , I had to move on to the next stage : getting her to feed there . |
| 9 | ‘ I then waited to become pregnant until I 'd had the first two transfusions , ’ she says . |
| 10 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
| 11 | " I was tip nearly all night because I had to lead the first devotions at the High Council , with all those experienced and senior leaders of the Army world . " |
| 12 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 13 | This could also be entitled Stop Press , for it occurred after I had sent the first draft to the Hon. |
| 14 | Er on appointment , like other recruits , I had to serve the first month on night duty . |
| 15 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |
| 16 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
| 17 | Erm god I 've done a first aid course . |
| 18 | I 've done the first bit for you . |
| 19 | that 's that for when I 've done the first ten tapes . |
| 20 | I 've done the first |
| 21 | ‘ So I 've passed the first hurdle , ’ she breathed . |
| 22 | So when I 've finished the first draft , I go back to the beginning to check that it all hangs together . |
| 23 | I 've had the first signs of her asking where I go , what I do . |
| 24 | I 've had the first one |
| 25 | But I 've put the first hot foments on the two affected parts , ’ I explained . |
| 26 | VINNY JONES went back to Wimbledon yesterday and declared : ‘ I 've taken the first step on the managerial ladder . ’ |
| 27 | I 've got a first edition . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've got the first demand from the schoolteacher , boss . |
| 29 | I 've got the first issue which I bought at the away match at the Arse earlier on . |
| 30 | cos I 've got the first week off , but it 's just , I 'm just stuck for Tuesday and Friday of the second week , you 've got the Mayday holiday off and in the summer I 've got the first three full weeks of the summer holiday off |