Example sentences of "have [pron] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 2 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 3 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 4 | well I suppose their motto is , she had a C D ten on her driving licence , I suppose she should n't of had it in the first place so if she had n't of had it , he would n't of got it ! |
| 5 | We 'll have it as the first course this evening . ’ |
| 6 | Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place . |
| 7 | Okay so now suppose you have Florence as the first noun in T three and herself no do it the other way round , suppose you had herself as the first noun and T three Florence okay then you 'd find Florence does C command herself but it should n't |
| 8 | have it within the first term . |