Example sentences of "have [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paraguay has its first civilian president in nearly half a century . |
| 2 | has its first civilian president for 21 years . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND has its first country-wide patients ' association . |
| 4 | Our surprise away win at Chamden City Reserves last Saturday means that Athletico Whaddon has its first unbeaten run in nineteen seasons . |
| 5 | The ( very ) steep section of the Cornice has its first new route of the year courtesy of John Hart . |
| 6 | So it 's something of a treat that the Discovery has its first British airing at Motorfair . |
| 7 | The Russian Republic has its first Green Party , formed at a meeting of environmentalists in Leningrad . |
| 8 | EDINBURGH-BASED Rachel McFadden has her first competitive test of current form in Bracknell this weekend at the British modern tetrathlon championships . |
| 9 | On St Valentines Day that year , the oil cartel , OPEC , had just had its first major success in forcing up in oil prices . |
| 10 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 11 | AUTHOR Ken Andrew , of Bournemouth , Dorset , has had his first racy novel published — at the age of 98 . |
| 12 | He was taken off his drip again overnight and has had his first proper feed . |
| 13 | Tomorrow , I would have my first real taste of desert . |
| 14 | AT the age of 14 I was having my first sexual relationship — with a married man who was also a father-to-be . |
| 15 | Olympic champion Sally Gunnell , having her first individual race of the season , also made a bright start over 400 metres hurdles . |
| 16 | Olympic champion Sally Gunnell , having her first individual race of the season , also made a bright start over 400 metres hurdles . |
| 17 | Consequently she was having her first decent sleep in a couple of nights when her alarm clock went off the next morning . |
| 18 | Watch the robin especially because it always flies low , and you might see a nervous young Minpin perched on the feathers having its first flying lesson . |
| 19 | The safe shelter he had found on the edge of the village could not have been more comfortable , for all that on awakening and having his first lightsome look it struck him as a mite strange . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're either lying or having your first hot flush , ’ said Donna . |
| 21 | Mr Davis expects his Davis Entertainment Television company to have his first Soviet-based project , a made-for-television film about the Cuban Missile Crisis as seen from a Russian perspective , ready by January . |
| 22 | And now he was to have his first big test as editor at a gathering at an old Big Flame haunt , the Beechwood conference centre near Leeds , a worker 's co-operative , complete with wholefood canteen . |
| 23 | I had my first good bite , a two inch lift then the indicator dropping like the clappers on a slack line . |
| 24 | In 1988 I had my first one-woman show at the Barbican Centre , London . |
| 25 | I was never conscious that my attire was odd until I had my first normal boy 's gear . |
| 26 | He was quite near , jostling among the spectators , and I had my first close look at the wild-eyed little goblin who had plagued me . |
| 27 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 28 | It was not until many years later when I was a principal inspector in 1965 that I had my first direct encounter with ICAO itself . |
| 29 | I would be about 10 or 11 years old , and the biological urge was beginning to stir in my blood , though , truthfully , I had my first sexual intercourse at the age of 19 . |
| 30 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |