Example sentences of "had just [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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1 | Traditionally , as a refuge for his invalid son , who had just suffered his first attack of epilepsy . |
2 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
3 | Paul Newman had just secured his first major film role , with Pier Angeli in The Silver Chalice ( which was so bad that when it was shown on television in the Sixties , he took out newspaper advertisements apologising to viewers for having to watch it ) . |
4 | We had just started our first lectures , when apart from helping to prepare the Sulphonamide paper I was given a weekend off to visit City Temple friends who had started a Community House at Highbury New Park . |
5 | On St Valentines Day that year , the oil cartel , OPEC , had just had its first major success in forcing up in oil prices . |
6 | ‘ Thomas had just had his first round of chemotherapy , ’ says his mother Clemency . |
7 | He had just caught his first glimpse of Thorsbury Manor . |
8 | Younger than Fräulein , he had just finished his first year at university , but was already in trouble . |