Sentence examples for have first contacted from inspiring English sources

She said Pratt should have first contacted Downing Street.

Cabinet minister Salleh told the Guardian that Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber should have first contacted his counterpart in Malaysia.

In addition, our Board would confirm, subject to its fiduciary duties, that from now until April 30, 2008 (the "Quiet Period"), the Company will not pursue negotiations with any other potential strategic partner for a business combination unless we have first contacted you.

J. C. Penney had first contacted Mr. Johnson three or four years ago, Mr. Ullman said.

Mr Verhagen said he had first contacted the British ambassador in The Hague.

Henry Neill, Britain's consul in Rio, said Slipper had first contacted his office at 8am on February 1 1974 - four hours before he knocked on Biggs's hotel door.

Some months later, the woman who had first contacted me said she'd hacked into one of Paul Green's dating accounts and uncovered his real identity.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Aitken said he had first contacted Huhne with "a letter of good cheer" after the Liberal Democrat admitted that he asked his ex-wife to take his speeding points in 2003.

In 2007, after years of failing to achieve his objectives in Washington, Lessig shared his exasperation with his friend Aaron Swartz, a computer-programming prodigy who had first contacted him in his early teens, with coding ideas for Creative Commons.

The three alleged blackmailers, who are all in custody, had first contacted a friend of Benzema's brother seeking to involve the player in their extortion attempt, a source said.

In fact, Hunton & Williams had first contacted the three tech firms in October 2010, at the behest of the Chamber of Commerce to find out if it was being attacked by labor union-backed campaigners.