Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 2 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ It was at a meeting on January 17 — two days after we answered the status inquiry — that we had the first indication that the shop had decided to consult an insolvency expert . ’ |
| 4 | if she had the first sign of anything . |
| 5 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 6 | Until 1978 that is , when we had the first and last National Conference in this country and after spending about three days cooking rice and feeling very exhausted , I went up on the platform to speak on behalf of Chi lean women and I was made to shut up . |
| 7 | when we bought them , when we had the first lot of springs |
| 8 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 9 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 10 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 11 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |