Example sentences of "[noun] had [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve and Andy had brought our first medal . |
| 2 | In different degrees , both the earlier tsars had devoted their first years on the throne to improving the condition of the empire , but one of them had been distracted by Napoleon and the other by foreign war and a rebellion in Poland . |
| 3 | Gradually film production became their main preoccupation , but only Cecil Hepworth became sufficiently involved to continue after the industry had hit its first crisis . |
| 4 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 5 | Aamir Sohail had reached his first Test fifty with some bold strokeplay , and Malcolm had amused with a double misfield at mid-off . |
| 6 | Mr McWhirter had had his first two periods free , as usual , the timetable being constructed around Mr McWhirter 's convenience and preferences . |
| 7 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |
| 8 | In 1989 Syria had recorded its first trade surplus in 30 years , largely reflecting substantial increases in crude oil production since the mid-1980s . |
| 9 | Asif Mujtaba had made his first Test half-century and seemed quite settled , while England will have felt apprehensive about Salim Malik after he was spared at 22 by Gooch at slip , low and to his left , off Lewis . |
| 10 | Howard Wilkinson declared himself satisfied with Leeds ' pre-season progress so far , and was especially pleased that Deane had got his first goal . |
| 11 | The High Elves had won their first major victory . |
| 12 | They ran out on Saturday to a cautious welcome from a crowd of 1,823 ( the best this season and lowest of the day ) a week after losing to Doncaster : it was not so much that Doncaster had scored their first away goals of the season , rather that they got six without reply . |
| 13 | At 5.45 pm Gower pulled Mushtaq for two and England had won their first Test against Pakistan for 10 years , and levelled the series , with one to play . |
| 14 | Salisbury had had his first bowl , though not from the usual legspinner 's end . |
| 15 | Eleanor 's husband had secured his first lectureship , and her first novel had been acclaimed in literary circles . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , it was during this period , just after her son was born , when Rose had opened her first shop . |
| 17 | One per cent of the sample had puffed their first fag by the age of four , but the bulk of experimentation is carried out by 9–12 year olds . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 20 | By the time it was all over , Norman had done his first mix , a poppy version of Eric B and Rakim 's ‘ I Know You Got Soul ’ which sampled The Jackson Five 's ‘ ABC ’ with a typical lack of concern for cool . |
| 21 | BBMF had lost its first aircraft , but not its first pilot . |
| 22 | By then the Goulds had received their first batch of letters . |
| 23 | It was confirmed in September 1990 that Dounreay had secured its first new contract for reprocessing with the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt research reactor in Braunschweig to reprocess 39 spent fuel rods . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The Minister added that the Serbian government had drafted its first integral environmental protection plan . |
| 26 | Through its entrepreneurs middle-class society had made its first approaches to the masses . |
| 27 | But in mid-1942 , at Bir-Hakeim in the Libyan desert , Free French forces had scored their first significant victory against German forces , and this had been followed by other successful actions in North Africa . |
| 28 | She hurried out of the room , before the astonished Victorine had completed her first sentence of protest . |
| 29 | In the same year , 1955 , Khrushchev had got his first close view of his adversary , Dulles , at the Geneva summit conference , passing notes to Eisenhower who , Khrushchev decided disapprovingly , was letting Dulles do his thinking for him . |
| 30 | Bessmertnykh had paid his first visit to China on March 31-April 2 . |