Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [pers pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | An air of antiquity hung over that pathway , which , followed to its logical end , ran down to the river , as if the ancient Britons had used it first and it would go on being used even after the Bomb fell . |
| 2 | Ludens saw , on top of a closed suitcase in a corner , the curious light-brown cap which Marcus had been wearing when Ludens had seen him first , through the window of Red Cottage . |
| 3 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 4 | He said Mr Hawthorne had attacked him first , striking him with the crowbar on the hand . |
| 5 | Nora had seen him first and was already running far dear life , not caring about her bag or the bicycle . |
| 6 | Lorton had met him first in Beirut where he ran a short-lived but lucrative business selling the same medical supplies to more than one purchaser . |
| 7 | When Rostov had noticed them first , they had been deep in animated conversation — a conspiratorial group of people who were the least likely , considering all the circumstances , to be found in close and apparently friendly contact with one another . |
| 8 | His defence was that of self-defence ; he alleged that the victim had attacked him first . |