Example sentences of "had taken the first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Delaney had taken the first watch with Forster . |
2 | When the food taster had stepped up to the table to perform his normal duties , the T'ang had waved him away and , picking up his chopsticks , had taken the first mouthful himself . |
3 | The man chosen was Russell Butler , a research student in social history at the University of London , who as a part-time tutor had taken the first course for apprentices at Marconi and had greatly impressed both here and in other courses for the branches in Hemel Hempstead and St. Albans . |
4 | Limberger had taken the first set 6-4 when Cash , a candidate for Australia 's first-round Davis Cup match against the United States in late March , decided the tendinitis in his knee was too painful to continue . |
5 | They had taken the first step but now it was the stream and not they which determined where they should go and what should happen to them . |
6 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
7 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
8 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |
9 | Now that she had taken the first steps , she was not so much afraid . |