Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines , which included ‘ Miss Alba ’ , a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation . |
| 2 | I had got first prize for guitar at the Melody Maker contest and soon I was selling stories and now I find my principal interest is still p H. |
| 3 | At first she had travelled first class and stayed in only the best hotels , but McKenna had found her with no trouble at all . |
| 4 | Hope in his draft bluntly stated that it ‘ can not recommend the appointment of Messrs. Coe and Hofland , although they had obtained first prize ’ . |
| 5 | It was the first suitable wind free morning since they had reached first jump status , and this was it . |
| 6 | The boy repeated none of the simple errors he had made first time round . |
| 7 | LITTLE Philip Carter ripped open the letter telling him he had won first prize in the Mirror 's WWF wrestling competition … and burst into tears . |
| 8 | He had won first prize at the eisteddfod as a boy soprano . |