Example sentences of "it had first [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was an old carriage , but still well capable of performing the task set for it when it had first joined the rolling-stock in the year that Holly had been born . |
| 2 | The Court had a discretion on a reference by the Attorney-General ; it had first to decide whether the sentence was too lenient , and then whether it was unduly lenient . |
| 3 | He was reminded of something he had read somewhere : that it was seldom wise to return to any former haunt hoping to recapture the same pleasure it had first given , because it was sure to be different and disappointing . |
| 4 | It had first opened in December 1948 , sporting leopard-skin covered stools and a bamboo-festooned bar . |
| 5 | On the same day that he received Palmerston 's letter , he replied that he had not intended to say that Gothic was re-established as the leading English architecture of the day , but rather its history and origin made a strong case for its revival in those countries where it had first flourished . |