Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 2 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 3 | I should have done it at first ; I could have paid it then . |
| 4 | You may have to help him at first , but as he progresses , he can tackle more complicated puzzles . |
| 5 | That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful . |
| 6 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 7 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 8 | Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt . |
| 9 | Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed . |
| 10 | The melancholy that had struck me at first was very much a part of his character . |
| 11 | The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set . |