Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually film production became their main preoccupation , but only Cecil Hepworth became sufficiently involved to continue after the industry had hit its first crisis . |
| 2 | Eleanor 's husband had secured his first lectureship , and her first novel had been acclaimed in literary circles . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Minister added that the Serbian government had drafted its first integral environmental protection plan . |
| 5 | Through its entrepreneurs middle-class society had made its first approaches to the masses . |
| 6 | She hurried out of the room , before the astonished Victorine had completed her first sentence of protest . |
| 7 | He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch . |
| 8 | Preston shook his head , but it was true that within a few weeks of Mary Moxton 's death William 's mum had bought her first shop . |
| 9 | The clash between the demands of the Welfare State and Britain 's desire to regain her position as a great power had claimed its first victim ! |
| 10 | His defence was that of self-defence ; he alleged that the victim had attacked him first . |
| 11 | It was reported on Sept. 3 that the Albanian Popular League party had held its first assembly and that its secretary-general , Xhemal Borova , had called for a reorganization . |