Example sentences of "had not [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And once again I thought of Prospero ; even if he had not said it first , I should have thought of it then . |
| 2 | The receivers had already paid off the debt to the bank which gave rise to their appointment , but had not paid themselves first , as they were entitled to do under the terms of their appointment ( p 99 ) . |
| 3 | They had not paid themselves first , in spite of the debenture 's terms , but had paid off the mortgage . |
| 4 | At the time of the Korean War , when Attlee helped to persuade Truman to drop any idea of using the atomic bomb against the Chinese mainland , Britain had not exploded her first nuclear weapon . |
| 5 | We have not dealt with a report from the Advisory Centre for Education saying that the number of complaints from parents who had not got their first choice of school had doubled . |
| 6 | Fleury had not finished his first cup when this happened . |