Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to see them first hand . |
| 2 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 3 | The band , whose ‘ Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs ’ single stormed the Indie Top 20 in March , have completed their first album for the Creation label . |
| 4 | There they stay for about a fortnight until they have completed their first moult and can fend for themselves . |
| 5 | AS SOON AS YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR FIRST HILL-WALK , A NEW CITY hobby opens out to you . |
| 6 | After you have placed your first order , further half-litres come willy-nilly and are put in front of you , until you decline . |
| 7 | MINERS at Monktonhall colliery have received their first pay cheques for almost two months but uncertainty continues to surround the pit 's future , writes Marcello Mega . |
| 8 | Guaranteed for a full twelve months , the watches will be sent to you once Sun Alliance have received your first payment for the Plan . |
| 9 | I have pricked my first blister , squeezed out the fluid , and dabbed it with surgical spirit . |
| 10 | Hartnell have designed their first bridal collection , prices start at ‘ 1,250 for a short dress and £1,950 for a long dress . |
| 11 | She paused , before adding accusingly , ‘ Besides , we have to find them first , and I 'm not sure sitting here indulging ourselves is a very effective way of doing that — particularly as my time in Denmark is limited ! ’ |
| 12 | Is there not two separate problems that we have to find them first and then the , then worrying about getting people to the theatre |
| 13 | Anderlecht , beaten 3–2 by Sampdoria , in the semi-finals of the European Cup last season , have won their first five games in Belgium this season . |
| 14 | No less than 27 have won their first cap under the England manager but only six of the 13 players he used in Norway were his ‘ new boys ’ Carlton Palmer , Les Ferdinand , Lee Sharpe , David Batty , substitute Ian Wright and new captain Paul Ince . |
| 15 | Police in Gloucestershire have made their first seizure of the potentially lethal drug . |
| 16 | So if you actually want to italicize something , you want to make it bold , you le you have to select it first and then you can carry out the tha , the function . |
| 17 | Dismissive of the ‘ corridor opportunites ’ , he fails to mention that , so far , the Foreign Secretaries of the UK and Argentina have had their first meeting since the 1982 Falklands War , that the Israeli and Soviet Foreign Ministers have got together as has the US Secretary of State with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts , or that the two German Foreign Ministers have held extensive talks on the current crisis — all with apparently good results : quite useful when several of these countries have no diplomatic relations with each other . |
| 18 | Most people have had their first and are n't ready for their second . |
| 19 | BOBBY BROWN and Whitney Houston have had their first lover 's tiff … over a pair of pet pooches . |
| 20 | During the past twenty years , many hymns and songs have had their first circulation in large annual gatherings for events like Spring Harvest . |
| 21 | Clearly farmers feel if they want any help , they have to help themselves first . |
| 22 | Now I have to put you first on the list instead of me . |
| 23 | WORLD cricket has distilled itself into the English game : the World Cup is over , South Africa have played their first Test match against the West Indies and now the far flung stars of these international matches have flown in to fill the last few places in the carousel of English county cricket . |
| 24 | ‘ I think you will , Miss Honey , because I have to use your first name to make things rhyme and that 's why I do n't want to say it . ’ |
| 25 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 26 | We have to solve ourselves first . |
| 27 | Perhaps you have to convince yourself first ! |
| 28 | The MPIs too could benefit from closer contacts with universities : older members who have passed their first flush of creativity would have the opportunity to refresh themselves by teaching , at the same time attracting new young people . |
| 29 | These promotional tools can be extremely useful to the discerning PRO , particularly for products and services which have passed their first peak of interest . |
| 30 | EMI have issued their first 12-inch 78rpm disc in over 30 years . |