Example sentences of "have [verb] their first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band , whose ‘ Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs ’ single stormed the Indie Top 20 in March , have completed their first album for the Creation label . |
| 2 | There they stay for about a fortnight until they have completed their first moult and can fend for themselves . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Hartnell have designed their first bridal collection , prices start at ‘ 1,250 for a short dress and £1,950 for a long dress . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Police in Gloucestershire have made their first seizure of the potentially lethal drug . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Most people have had their first and are n't ready for their second . |
| 10 | BOBBY BROWN and Whitney Houston have had their first lover 's tiff … over a pair of pet pooches . |
| 11 | During the past twenty years , many hymns and songs have had their first circulation in large annual gatherings for events like Spring Harvest . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | These promotional tools can be extremely useful to the discerning PRO , particularly for products and services which have passed their first peak of interest . |
| 15 | EMI have issued their first 12-inch 78rpm disc in over 30 years . |
| 16 | They have cleared their first coupe and , aided by the Woodland Grant Scheme , will replant next spring , replacing weed species — such as sycamore — with oak , cherry and ash . |
| 17 | This means they have to spend their first days of life in hospital and ca n't go home for several weeks . |
| 18 | Both teams have lost their first game so a win tomorrow is vital if they want to have a realistic chance of making the play-offs . |
| 19 | Serbs and Croats in Croatia have held their first face-to-face meeting since January . |