Example sentences of "first [noun] [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
2 | In one of the first cases he had taken , in 1923 , it must have been , the year after he came back — Fantina was still a baby — a widow had accused her neighbour of killing her cow out of spite . |
3 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
4 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
5 | Naturally , you can upgrade the processor , but this is the first PC I 've seen that has a socket for Intel 's yet-to-be-released Pentium 586 processor . |
6 | Learning to pronounce the address ‘ Quatorze rue du Perre , Place Pigalle ’ to a taxi driver was the first hurdle they had to overcome : |
7 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
8 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
9 | ‘ This is the first opportunity I 've had to get away from Josh and the director . |
10 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
11 | ‘ This is the first election we have had since the Berlin Wall came down , ’ says Andrea Borri , a Christian Democrat MP from Parma , addressing an incontro of hoteliers in the spa town of Salso Maggiore . |
12 | I think I see one problem with , we 've put site investigation and flagged the price I think , whereas if we 'd said that we require site investigation work to be undertaken by the project manager , we 've really got to decide the level of site investigations , so that in the first instance we 've got ta approach the soil mechanics and determine from them what , what we need from them . |
13 | Of course you could try a tantalising headline but do remember that in the first instance you have to attract the attention and interest of the journalist or editor , who is not going to be tempted quite as easily as the reader might be . |
14 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
15 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
16 | ‘ This is the first fella I have had in my family . |
17 | After parting from his jockey Macer Gifford at the very first fence he had continued with the rest of the field all the way round , clearing every obstacle and keeping with the herd . |
18 | Equally personal is Janet Smith 's The World Outside My Window , the first piece she has made since disbanding her company and the first in a long time that she has made to please herself . |
19 | At first interview they had said that they worried about Mrs White , especially when they could not get over to see her , and that it was a bit of a strain on them both because neither of them was ‘ in perfect health ’ . |
20 | Neil Warnock , County 's manager , conceded : ‘ The winning goal was the first break we have had since Christmas but it is highly unlikely to keep us up . |
21 | This is the first break I 've taken in over three years . ’ |
22 | As a first attempt we have tried to calculate this from the mean letter width for a particular writer , which can be obtained from the raw x-coordinate data for the script at training time . |
23 | Mr. Beloff submits that the first question we have to answer is : is there any known rule of natural justice that a person who is not the subject of an administrative decision should nevertheless have the right to make representations before the decision is made ? |
24 | The application by Mr. Wadsworth on behalf of the appellants to adduce fresh evidence before this court is for the purpose of explaining the appellants ' apparently defiant behaviour towards the judge , and the first question we have to address our minds to is whether that evidence should be admitted . |
25 | SIR JACOB : " T would have been strange indeed if someone had not translated this fine flower from the dunghill to the garden , Madam , let me tell you you are the first lady I have seen who has exceeded expectation . |
26 | By sheer good luck , the first desk she had tried had informed her that yes , a Lori Templeton was booked on to one of their flights . |
27 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
28 | This is the first test we have carried out on a garden blower vac . |
29 | The first discovery she had made on return was that she had forgotten to take the cheesecake out of the freezer . |
30 | Refurbishing and choosing the decor for their new home was an exciting project for them , as this is the first home they 've designed and decorated to suit their needs . |