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Example sentences for "having first"

  • In this case veer a torpedo astern, having first obtained a position a little on the bow of the chasing vessel.

  • Take a sheet of nice white paper, and lay it smoothly in a square tin pan; having first cut it to fit exactly.

  • Put the sulphuret into a large glass jar; pour on it a quart of cold soft water; and leave it to dissolve, having first corked it tightly.

  • When they are cold, return the pickles to the kettle, (having first washed it out clean,) and scald them four times with fresh vinegar boiled for the purpose in another vessel.

  • In the evening, make a fresh lather, and leave the scarf in it all night, (having first squeezed it well.

  • The projection G will then have to be drilled and the lever pivoted through, having first cut a slot at H to allow the lever to rise and fall.

  • About two the company seemed inclined to break up, having first assured me that they should take my company as a favour any Thursday evening, if I came that way.

  • When he came thither and had had his two portmanteaus carried into the inn, pretending to be very sick he went immediately upstairs to bed, having first ordered a pint of wine to be burnt and brought upstairs.

  • Add the gravy or broth, having first thickened it with brown flour.

  • When the water boils very hard put in the lobster, having first brushed it and tied the claws together with a bit of twine.

  • The canon also separated from them, having first obtained a promise from the priest that he would acquaint him with the future fate of Don Quixote.

  • Having first created us in a state of death, or void of life and sensation, and then given life to the inanimate body;2 and afterwards caused us to die a natural death, and raised us again at the resurrection.

  • There are certain matters which this person has not made known," he said, having first expressed a request that he might not be compelled to stand while he conversed.

  • Accordingly, when the time arrived, he disposed of his Hereditary Instructorship, having first ascertained in the interests of his pupils that his successor was a person of refined morals and great filial piety.

  • In the morning thin the dough with another pint of warm water, so as to make it into a batter, having first dissolved in the water a salt-spoonful of powdered pearlash or saleratus, or a bit the size of a hazle-nut.

  • Boil the cabbage by itself in plenty of water, having first washed it well, laid it a while in cold water, with the head downwards, and examined it well to see if there are no insects between the leaves.

  • But his position was one altogether singular: having first inflicted on his country immense mischief, he had since rendered her valuable service, and promised to render still more.

  • They left me abruptly; having first ordered an old man, the father of the landlady, to stay in the room with me while they were absent.

  • The idea of my having first robbed my patron, and then endeavouring to clear myself by charging him with subornation against me, placed me in a class distinct from, and infinitely more guilty than that of common felons.

  • I therefore only took out the key from the door of the apartment, having first locked it, and, putting it in my pocket, hastened to go where my presence seemed indispensably necessary.

  • I sat down, having first paid my submission to the throne, and to the several colambs who sat on the king's right and left, down the sides of the room.

  • But when he could no otherwise prevail, having first prayed, he went unto a hole in the earth which had been delved up by swine, and therein found he as much gold as he required, and gave it in exchange for the land.

  • Him did Saint Patrick, having first prayed, awaken from the sleep of death; and by the virtue of the truth, which is God, commanded that he should bear true witness of this their accusation.

  • The holy prelate, having first prayed, signed the sepulchre with the staff of Jesus, and awakened from the dust the buried man.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "having first" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about forty; already cited; assistant counsel; could stay; having come; having faith; having found; having gone; having heard; having killed; having lost; having made; having nothing; having reference; having sent; having some; having something; having succeeded; having them; high voltage; not need; prime minister and deputy prime minister; religious questions; score strong; short length; water colours