Example sentences of "had [verb] [prep] first [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , he had struggled at first to satisfy his beautiful young bride ; he had been too long a bachelor and too set in his ways . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought that they were extinct , ’ Zach had said on first seeing her riding it . |
| 3 | This was immediately confirmed by a sound similar to that which my own shoulders had made on first entering the narrow space . |
| 4 | When he recalled how he had felt on first seeing her he had to push the sinful thoughts out of his mind . |
| 5 | A friend indicated that the Army had seemed at first to understand when the WRAC driver said she feared other Paratroopers would victimise her for ‘ squealing ’ on their pals . |