Example sentences of "we had [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a first skirmish on that at the Council on Monday . |
| 2 | ‘ We had the first juke-box in the town after the war , the first knickerbocker glories and the first Pepsi-Colas . ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ It was at a meeting on January 17 — two days after we answered the status inquiry — that we had the first indication that the shop had decided to consult an insolvency expert . ’ |
| 4 | We had the first fridge in our section of the street ( he got it cheap — contacts ) but were late to get a television . |
| 5 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 6 | when we bought them , when we had the first lot of springs |