Example sentences of "had made [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in that ugly repository of polished pine , acoustic tiles and garish , sentimental stained glass that he and his wife had been married , and in a flat in the rectory , living above the parish priest , that they had made their first home . |
| 2 | Now that they had made their first move , their first real move , they would not give up until Jack Stone did what he was supposed to do : start talking . |
| 3 | They had made their first venture into the quicksand that Vietnam was to become . |
| 4 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
| 5 | He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch . |
| 6 | Through its entrepreneurs middle-class society had made its first approaches to the masses . |
| 7 | Before long , he had made his first links with staff in the bank 's Florida and Panama branches . |
| 8 | In February 1943 Wingate had made his first long-range penetration into North Burma , cut the railway in seventy places and crossed the Irrawaddy . |
| 9 | He had made his first apport as a teenager . |
| 10 | Asif Mujtaba had made his first Test half-century and seemed quite settled , while England will have felt apprehensive about Salim Malik after he was spared at 22 by Gooch at slip , low and to his left , off Lewis . |