Example sentences of "first [noun] we have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 2 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 3 | ‘ This is the first election we have had since the Berlin Wall came down , ’ says Andrea Borri , a Christian Democrat MP from Parma , addressing an incontro of hoteliers in the spa town of Salso Maggiore . |
| 4 | I think I see one problem with , we 've put site investigation and flagged the price I think , whereas if we 'd said that we require site investigation work to be undertaken by the project manager , we 've really got to decide the level of site investigations , so that in the first instance we 've got ta approach the soil mechanics and determine from them what , what we need from them . |
| 5 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 6 | Neil Warnock , County 's manager , conceded : ‘ The winning goal was the first break we have had since Christmas but it is highly unlikely to keep us up . |
| 7 | As a first attempt we have tried to calculate this from the mean letter width for a particular writer , which can be obtained from the raw x-coordinate data for the script at training time . |
| 8 | This is the first test we have carried out on a garden blower vac . |
| 9 | On our first meeting we had told Barney that we wanted to book the melin for ourselves for two weeks in June , and both it and the cottage for Christmas . |
| 10 | you 're the first person we 've seen , right , how you gon na deal with that ? |
| 11 | Yong and his father were the first people we had met who had actually been to Aru . |
| 12 | The first creature we had seen , a small turtle , was sunning itself on a rock as we climbed into a canoe and paddled and drifted round the green-speared edge of the lake . |
| 13 | ‘ We recorded it because it was the first song we 'd written , ’ says Mike , founder member of the band . |
| 14 | Pitman , which is the U K leading er , business book publisher increased sales by sixteen percent and Alhambra after the er , reorganization is doing rather well and the first book we 've published on the new Spanish educational curriculum is forty percent ahead of er , budget . |
| 15 | ‘ First thing we 've got to do is get the tarpaulin off , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Well , I suppose the very first thing we 've got ta ask is just , who or what are these ninety nine sheep ? |
| 17 | Okay , first thing we 've got to derive , we 'll do a couple of examples , let's have an employed client , and self employed , because when we start from differs , depending on whether employed or self- employed . |
| 18 | So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction . |
| 19 | M : it is — it is quite good they 've certainly kept within the + em + + preserved it reasonably well or conserved it but we were up in Aberdeen this year for a holiday and we were staying right within the University complex there in Old Aberdeen+ and + oh some of the buildings there are beautiful really they really are nice + but er I was quite impressed with it — it 's the first holiday we 've had up there + |
| 20 | they did n't know I mean like first newsletter we 've had in ages . |
| 21 | ‘ That was the first time we 'd met . ’ |
| 22 | It was the first time we 'd returned to any location and I thought it must be a good sign . |
| 23 | But when I phoned her ( at a ‘ safe ’ house ) for this article , it was the first time we 'd spoken directly since the filming . |
| 24 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 25 | Lewis taking over from the greatest at the pavilion er Lawrence and er , first time we 've seen Lawrence this morning , and on the subject of frustration Victor which you were just airing then , did you by any chance see Tony Locke at er Old Trafford when Laker took his . |
| 26 | Well , this is the first time we 've heard of him here in Switzerland . |
| 27 | ‘ This is the first time we 've issued a warning because of violence on the highway , ’ an American AA spokesman said . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |
| 30 | This is the first time we 've had a regular monthly feature in the magazine just for Silver electronics . |